the nursing process
assessment, diagnosis, planning outcomes, interventions, evaluation
therapeutic milieu
a safe and secure structured environment that facilitates therapeutic interaction
between clients and members of the professional team
psychosocial assessment
collection of data including cognitive, emotional, and behavioral information.
assists in delineating any issues.
assessment advice
pay attention to nonverbal communication, set goals, don't rush, judge, assume,
argue and monitor patient
patient history includes
age, psych history, family history, developmental stage, cultural beliefs,
spiritual beliefs, health beliefs
when assessing a psych patient, pay close attention to
hygiene, grooming, wether they are appropriately dressed, posture, eye contact,
motor activity, attitude, speech pattern, nonverbal behavior
mood
pervasive feeling, an emotional state
affect
outward expression of an emotional state, "emotional reaction"
types of affects
blunted, broad, flat, inappropriate, restricted, labile
blunted affect
, showing little or a slow-to-respond facial expression
broad affect
normal range of affect
flat affect
a lack of emotional responsiveness
inappropriate affect
emotional displays that are improper for the situation
restricted affect
severely diminished or limited emotional responsiveness
labile affect
affect that changes inappropriately rapidly
circumstantiality
non direct thinking
flight of ideas
rapidly jumping around from one topic to another
loose associations
disordered, organized logical thinking, slow version of flight of ideas
thought blocking
stopping partway through a sentence
word salad
a sentence made up of meaningless unconnected words
concrete vs abstract thinking
the ability to think abstractly and to think literally
preservation
repetitive, continuous behavior
assessment, diagnosis, planning outcomes, interventions, evaluation
therapeutic milieu
a safe and secure structured environment that facilitates therapeutic interaction
between clients and members of the professional team
psychosocial assessment
collection of data including cognitive, emotional, and behavioral information.
assists in delineating any issues.
assessment advice
pay attention to nonverbal communication, set goals, don't rush, judge, assume,
argue and monitor patient
patient history includes
age, psych history, family history, developmental stage, cultural beliefs,
spiritual beliefs, health beliefs
when assessing a psych patient, pay close attention to
hygiene, grooming, wether they are appropriately dressed, posture, eye contact,
motor activity, attitude, speech pattern, nonverbal behavior
mood
pervasive feeling, an emotional state
affect
outward expression of an emotional state, "emotional reaction"
types of affects
blunted, broad, flat, inappropriate, restricted, labile
blunted affect
, showing little or a slow-to-respond facial expression
broad affect
normal range of affect
flat affect
a lack of emotional responsiveness
inappropriate affect
emotional displays that are improper for the situation
restricted affect
severely diminished or limited emotional responsiveness
labile affect
affect that changes inappropriately rapidly
circumstantiality
non direct thinking
flight of ideas
rapidly jumping around from one topic to another
loose associations
disordered, organized logical thinking, slow version of flight of ideas
thought blocking
stopping partway through a sentence
word salad
a sentence made up of meaningless unconnected words
concrete vs abstract thinking
the ability to think abstractly and to think literally
preservation
repetitive, continuous behavior
