NUR 2459 Rasmussen Mental Health Exam 1 Modules 1-3
- what are some psychiatric historical events that have occurred in the early psychiatric era?
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18th century- state asylums created, 600,000 residents were in them, 1st school or psychiatric nursing was created in 1882, deinstitutionalization, shift in role of the nurse from custodial care to professional care.
- explain what early use of phenothiazine was for in early psych nursing.
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it was discovered to help control psychotic behaviors and improve/ clear thinking.
- what were the two nursing interventions associated with somatic therapy in early psych
nursing?
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insulin therapy
ECT therapy
- explain significance of insulin therapy in the early psych era.
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insulin was administered until the client was comatose, this could kill the patient because the blood sugar could drop below normal levels, but it helped relive psych symptoms. 1 / 4
- explain significance of early ECT therapy.
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an electrical stimulus was given to the brain with the result of a grand-map seizure. now we can control the shock given and give medications to sedate the client and stimulate the seizure and for proper monitoring throughout the procedure.
- explain what deinstitutionalization is.
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there was a massive discharge of psychiatric patients from mental hospitals back to their original communities.
- what is significant about the impact of deinstitutionalization?
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many of the psych patients who needed services were forced onto the streets, potentially leading them to more harm and crime.
- 3 main reasons deinstitutionalization was initiated.
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the belief that treatment in the hospitals was inhumane
hope that medications would offer a cure lack of funding at the state and federal level
- what is the order of maslows hierarchy of needs bottom to top?
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physiological needs-safety need- love and belong needs- self esteem- self actualization 2 / 4
- what is important to know about maslows hierarchy of needs?
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motivation is continuous quest for self actualization, can reverse levels based on life circum- stances, lower level needs must be met first before advancement to higher level psychological needs.
- examples of psychotherapy
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behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, didactical behavior therapy
based on a verbal therapist to client interaction
- examples of open environment therapies
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family, group and milieu therapy
- examples of Brian stimulation techniques
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ECT, trans-cranial magnetic stim- ulation, vagus nerve stimulation
- explain what behavioral therapy is.
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aims to modify maladaptive behavior patterns. 3 / 4
based that a behavior is learned and has consequences and abnormal behavior results from an attempt to avoid painful feelings and reduce anxiety.
- what is the nurses role with behavioral therapy?
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Role of the nurse
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to use the nursing process to assist the client with behavior modification. This can be through 1 on 1 groups, different ways like classical and operant conditioning
- explain what cognitive therapy is.
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focuses on individual client thoughts and behaviors to solve current problems.
Based on changing the way one thinks.
- what is the role of the nurse with cognitive therapy?
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the nurse will plan psychoeducation, use of the therapeutic relationship and counseling interventions. They also reevaluate to determine if intervention was successful with the therapy.
- explain what cognitive behavioral therapy is (CBT)
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uses both cognitive and behavioral approaches to assist a client with anxiety management.
- explain what family therapy is
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