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◍ Dorothea Dix contributions.
Answer: Mental health awareness and indigenous rights
◍ Clara baron contributions.
Answer: Founded American Red Cross and formalized nur education, angle
of the battle field
◍ KSAs of compassionate care.
Answer: Knowledge: understand suffering, illness impact, cultural
awareness, communication techniques, ethical principlesSkills: active
learning, effective communication, problem solving, advocacy, time
management, deescalation, empathetic interaction Attitudes: empathy,
kindness, respect for dignity, non judgement, integrity, commitment,
resilience and self care.
◍ Honeymoon phase.
Answer: Abuser- may bring gifts, show kindness, apologize, and promise it
won't happen againVictim- believes abuse is over, stays in the relationship
◍ Accountability and ethical practice.
Answer: Hold yourself responsible and pay attention to needs of patient and
job ethics
◍ What's the national student nurses association.
Answer: Helps aid the professional development of nursing students and
provides an introduction to professional development through national
conventions, networking, and career resources
,◍ Restating.
Answer: repeating the main idea expressedTherapeutic value: indicates that
caregiver is listening and validates, reinforces, or calls attention to
something important that has been said
◍ Elder abuse.
Answer: the physical or psychological mistreatment or neglect of elderly
individuals
◍ What are the principles of mental health care?.
Answer: Do no harmAccept each client as a whole personDevelop mutual
trustExplore behaviors and emotionsEncourage responsibilityEncourage
effective adaptationProvide consistency
◍ Secondary prevention of stress.
Answer: Using screening tools to determine stress levels.
◍ What is the American nurses association.
Answer: Establishes standards of practice, and advocates for nurses rights
and workplace safety and lobby's on healthcare issues
◍ Florence Nightingale contributions.
Answer: Documentation, hand hygiene, evidence based practice,data
collection, the start of nursing schools
◍ Core domains of professional identity.
Answer: Values and ethicsKnowledgeNurse as a leaderProfessional
comportment
◍ Therapeutic listening skills.
Answer: concentrate on the speaker and messagekeep distractions to a
minimumChange the setting if neededAssess nonverbal
communicationsListen objectively without judgementDiscover words that
trigger emotional responsesUse eye contact and body language that is
culturally appropriateDo not interruptJot down notes if neededDo not
assume that you understand anothers thoughtsClarify any message about
which you are unsure
, ◍ Battering.
Answer: repeated physical abuse of someone, usually a woman, child or
elder
◍ What is the first thing you should do when you meet a mental health
patient?.
Answer: Try to get them to trust you
◍ Causes and solutions to the nursing shortage.
Answer: Causes: burnout, workplace safety, demographic pressure and
aging Solutions: enhancing education and training, improve working
environment, better pt nd improving staffing rations
◍ Suicidal attempts.
Answer: Serious self-directed actions with the intent to end one's life
◍ Circumstantiality.
Answer: Describes in too much detail, cannot be selective
◍ Common unpleasurable emotional responses.
Answer: aggression, agitation, ambivalence, anxiety, depression, fear
◍ Humor.
Answer: discharge of energy through comic enjoymentTherapeutic value:
can promote insight by making conscious repressed material, resolving
paradoxes, tempering aggression, and revealing new options, is socially
acceptable form of sublimation
◍ what is loss?.
Answer: An aspect of self no longer available to a person
◍ Mary seacole contributions.
Answer: Patient advocacy, overcoming discrimination, provided frontline
care during Crimean war
◍ Alert.
Answer: awake and responsive, oriented to time, place, and person