NSG 325 - Psych Test 1 Study Guide.
Concept of Mental Health “recovery”
• Recovery is defined as “a process of change through which
... [Show More] individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.”
• Recovery evolved into a consumer-focused process “in which people are able to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities”
• A characteristic of mental health, increasingly being promoted and essential to the recovery process, is resilience.
• Resilience is closely associated with the process of adapting and helps people facing tragedies, loss, trauma, and severe stress.
10 step process:
• self-directed
• individual and person-centered
• empowering
• holistic
• nonlinear
• strengths-based
• peer-supported
• respect
• responsibility
• hope
Concept of competency (CH 6. Pg 103)
• capacity to understand the consequences of one’s decisions.
• Patients are considered legally competent until they have been declared incompetent through a formal legal proceeding.
• If found incompetent, the patient may be appointed a legal guardian (spouse or family member) or representative who is legally responsible for giving or refusing consent for the patient, while always considering the patient’s wishes.
Least Restrictive Environment
• the setting that provides the necessary care allowing the greatest personal freedom.
• Examples:
o Verbal interventions (telling patient to calm down)
o diversion or redirection
o offering PRN meds (chemical restraint, but less restrictive than mechanical restraint)
o use of mittens to prevent dislodgement of an IV
Alternatives for Restraint/Seclusion (CH 6 pg. 104)
• Verbal interventions or asking the patient for cooperation
• reducing stimulation
• active listening
• diversionary approaches
• offering PRN medications
Factors that Impact Mental Health (wk 1 orientation lec.)
• Social
• Biological
• Cultural [Show Less]