Exam 1 Review - Pysch

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering fundamental concepts, theories, and interventions from the Exam 1 Review notes.

Mental Illness

An ongoing diagnosis from which patients attempt to return to mental health through healthy coping mechanisms to increase quality of life (QOL).

Stigma

A factor causing significant negative impact on care/treatment towards patients with mental illness, leading patients to avoid revealing mental issues and creating disparity.

Milieu

Physical and psychosocial environmental factors designed to support therapeutic healing.

Patient-Centered Care

Care that maintains a strict focus on the patient with no judgment.

Seclusion

Confinement of a patient in a secure place, distinguished from a time out.

Time Out

A voluntary or less restrictive intervention where the patient is able to leave or visit a room.

Mental Health Theorists

Key foundational theorists mentioned in mental health nursing, specifically Florence Nightingale and Hildegard Peplau.

Biological Stress Response

Physiological responses driven by the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.

Increase in stress can cause…?

Increase in mental illness risk, increase in maladaptive behaviors, and an interference with cognitive function.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

The part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for rest and digestion, promoting relaxation and conservation of energy after stress responses.

Sympathetic Nervous System

The part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for fight or flight responses during stressful situations, increasing heart rate and blood flow to muscles.

CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; behavioral and thought therapy that includes exposure therapies.

ECT

Electroconvulsive therapy; a therapeutic intervention for which consent is required.

Transference and Countertransference

Relational defense mechanisms involving unconscious feelings shifted between the patient and provider.

ADPIE + EBP

The nursing process framework (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation) combined with Evidence-Based Practice.

Therapeutic Communication

A process through which healthcare providers engage with patients, using verbal and non-verbal techniques to promote understanding, support, and facilitate patient-centered care.

Maleficence

The deliberate infliction of harm, injury, or wrong onto others.

Nonmaleficence

The ethical principle in healthcare that requires healthcare providers to avoid inflicting harm on patients, ensuring that their actions do not result in adverse effects.

Autonomy

The ethical principle that acknowledges the patient's right to make their own healthcare decisions, based on their values and preferences.

Informed Consent

Informed consent is a voluntary agreement to a medical treatment, procedure, or research study given by a person after receiving full information about its risks, benefits, and alternatives.

Untentional torts

Negligence and malpractice

Intentional torts

Assault, battery, and false imprisonment.

What is the most common tort?

Unintentional negligence.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 1

The nurse practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of every person.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 2

A nurse’s primary commitment is to the recipient(s) of nursing care, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 3

The nurse establishes a trusting relationship and advocates for the rights, health, and safety of recipient(s) of nursing care.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 4

Nurses have authority over nursing practice and are responsible and accountable for their practice consistent with their obligations to promote health, prevent illness, and provide optimal care.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 5

The nurse has moral duties to self as a person of inherent dignity and worth including an expectation of a safe place to work that fosters flourishing, authenticity of self at work, and self-respect through integrity and professional competence.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 6

Nurses, through individual and collective effort, establish, maintain, and improve the ethical environment of the work setting that affects nursing care and the well-being of nurses.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 7

Nurses advance the profession through multiple approaches to knowledge development, professional standards, and the generation of policies for nursing, health, and social concerns.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 8

Nurses build collaborative relationships and networks with nurses, other healthcare and non-healthcare disciplines, and the public to achieve greater ends.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 9

Nurses and their professional organizations work to enact and resource practices, policies, and legislation to promote social justice, eliminate health inequities, and facilitate human flourishing.

ANA Code of Ethics Provision 10

Nursing, through organizations and associations, participates in the global nursing and health community to promote human and environmental health, well-being, and flourishing.

Anxiety Attack

A gradual stress response to real or perceived threats. S/s include elevated heart rate, SOB, shallow breathing, GI issues, and feelings of impending doom.

Panic Attacks

Sudden, intense feelings of fear.

What is the most commonly diagnosed disorder?

Anxiety

What are different types of Anxiety?

Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Selective Mutism, Phobia’s and Panic Attacks.

Is there a cure for Anxiety?

No, current Tx aims to improve QOL, which can include cognitive therapy, exposure therapy, CBT, psychotherapy, and support groups.

What does “ACE” mean?

Adverse Childhood Experiences, which includes risk factors if children do not feel familial closeness and/or have little to no friends.

What does “PCE” mean?

Positive Childhood Experiences, which usually include stable home life and adequate social life.

OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, where a person experiences compulsive behaviors, usually in the form of repetitive rituals, and intrusive thoughts. This disorder is hereditary. Ex of OCD; trichotillomania (hair pulling), excoriation (scab picking), and hoarding.

PTSD

Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, in which a disturbing experience causes significant feelings of fear. Types include acute, chronic (over 1 month), complex, system-induced (like prison), vicarious (second-hand), and historical (generational).

Phobia

A phobia is an anxiety disorder defined by an intense, irrational, and persistent fear of an object, activity, or situation that poses little to no actual danger. Ex: Agoraphobia, fear relating to travel. Tx usually includes exposure therapy.

Interprofessional Team

Different job descriptions working together towards patient centered-care.

Toxic Stress

Prolonged activation of stress response and the hyperarousal of the brain.

What part of the brain is fear learning stored?

The amygdala.