N282 Exam 1 Vocabulary Practice Flashcards

Defense Mechanisms

Automatic, usually unconscious psychological processes that protect a person from anxiety or uncomfortable feelings.

Denial

A defense mechanism in which an individual refuses to accept reality.

Projection

A defense mechanism in which an individual attributes their own unacceptable feelings or impulses to someone else.

Displacement

A defense mechanism involving the transfer of feelings from the original source to a safer target.

Rationalization

A defense mechanism in which a person creates a logical-sounding explanation to avoid the real reason for an outcome or action.

Regression

A defense mechanism where an individual returns to behaviors from an earlier developmental stage when stressed.

Repression

A defense mechanism characterized by unconsciously blocking painful thoughts or memories.

Suppression

A defense mechanism where an individual consciously postpones thinking about something distressing.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism in which a person behaves in the exact opposite way from an unacceptable feeling.

Sublimation

A defense mechanism where an unacceptable impulse is channeled into a socially acceptable activity.

Undoing

A defense mechanism in which an individual attempts to symbolically cancel an unacceptable thought or act.

Intellectualization

A defense mechanism where a person focuses strictly on facts and logic to avoid emotional content.

Identification

A defense mechanism in which a person adopts traits or behaviors of another person.

Eustress

Stress associated with positive events or emotions.

Distress

Stress associated with negative feelings or events.

Problem-Focused Coping

A coping style that attempts to change the stressor or directly solve the problem.

Emotion-Focused Coping

A coping style that attempts to manage the emotional response to a stressor.

Preinteraction Phase

The phase of the nurse-patient relationship before first contact where the nurse reviews available information and self-assesses personal feelings, biases, anxiety, and expectations.

Orientation / Introductory Phase

The initial meeting phase of the nurse-patient relationship focused on establishing roles, purpose, confidentiality, expectations, boundaries, trust, and a contract.

Working Phase

The phase of the nurse-patient relationship where trust is established and the patient actively identifies and works on problems while building coping skills.

Termination / Resolution Phase

The final phase of the nurse-patient relationship where progress is reviewed, feelings about ending are discussed, independence is reinforced, and future resources are connected.

Transference

The process where a patient unconsciously redirects feelings from a significant person in their past onto the nurse.

Countertransference

The nurse's emotional or behavioral response to a patient that may be influenced by unresolved personal feelings or triggered by the patient's transference.

5150

In California, an emergency 72-hour detention for evaluation and treatment when statutory criteria related to mental illness (danger to self, danger to others, or grave disability) are met.