NUR 162 Unit 1 Week 1

NUR 162 Unit 1 Week 1

• what is mental health?

Answer a state of emotional, psychological, and social wellness evidenced by satisfying interpersonal relationships, effective behavior and coping, positive self concept, and emotional stability.

• Factors that affect mental health

Answer

• Individual (personal)

biological makeup, self-esteem, coping/stress mngt.

• interpersonal (relationship)

communication, ability to help others, intimacy

• social/culture (environment)

sense of community & adequate resources

Mental Health nursing is based on a holistic model (3 spheres).

• what is mental illness?

Answer includes disorders that affect mood, behavior, & think- ing, such as depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, and addictive disorders

• what is DSM-5?

Answer Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

• provides standardized names and language for all mental health professionals
• list defining characteristics/symptoms that differentiate specific diagnoses 1 / 3

• assist in IDing underlying cause of disorders

• what were the first drugs created?

Answer

• Chlorpromazine (Thorazine) an antipsy- chotic

• lithium an anti-manic

• Benzodiazepines and the elderly

Answer Benzodiazepines should NOT be given to the elderly

• Who was the first american psychiatric nurse?

Answer Linda Richards

• self-awareness

Answer know yourself without projecting beliefs/opinions on the client

• abnormalities in the frontal lobe

Answer assoc. with schizophrenia, ADHD, and de- mentia

• cerebellum

Answer involves coordination and movement

• inhibits transmission of dopamine in cerebellum assoc. with lack of smooth coor- dination in

diseases such as Parkinson's disease and dementia

• Neurotransmitters

Answer 2 / 3

chemical substances manufactured in the neuron that aid in transmission of info. through the body

• dopamine

Answer (excitatory) controls complex movements, motivation, cognition; reg- ular emotional response (implicated in schizophrenia & prakinson's)

• Norepinephrine

Answer (excitatory) noradrenaline; causes changes in attention, learn- ing, & memory; sleep & wakefulness, mood (excessive norepinephrine and several anxiety disorders)

• epinephrine

Answer (excitatory) controls fight-or-flight response

• serotonin

Answer (inhibitory) controls food intake, sleep (wake, temp. regulation, pain control, sexual behaviors, regulation of emotions (important in anxiety, mood disor- ders, & schizophrenia - delusions, hallucinations, & withdrawn behavior)

• histamine

Answer (neuromodulator) controls alertness, gastric secretion, cardiac stim- ulation, peripheral allergic responses.

• acetylcholine

Answer (excitatory or inhibitory) controls sleep/wake cycle; signals mus- cles to become aler

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