RASMUSSEN MENTAL HEALTH FINAL EXAM
LATEST REAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
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Terms in this set (149)
Milieu refers to the environment in which holistic
treatment occurs and includes all members of the
treatment team in a positive physical setting, with
interactions among those who are hospitalized and
activities that promote recovery.
The psychiatric mental health registered nurse provides,
structures, and maintains safe, therapeutic, recovery
oriented environment collaboration with health care
consumers, families, and other health care clinicians.
Milieu Therapy
Among other things milieu management includes
orienting patients to their rights and responsibilities.
Milieu management also includes informing patients in a
culturally competent manner about the need for
structure, maintenance of a safe environment, and limits
set on the unit.
The nurse selects activities (both individual and group)
that meets the patient's physical and mental health
needs. The patient should always be maintained in the
least restrictive environment.
, Successful performance of mental functions, resulting in
the ability to engage in productive activities, enjoy
fulfilling relationships, adapt to change, and cope with
adversity.
Mental health is the foundation of thinking,
Mental health
communication skills, learning, emotional growth,
resilience, and self-esteem throughout the life span.
It is a STATE OF WELL-BEING in which individuals are
able to realize their abilities as well as contribute to their
community within the context of life stressors.
Actual diagnoses, gets in the way of obtaining mental
health.
Medical conditions that affect a person's thinking,
feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily
functioning. Basically, mental illness can be seen as the
Mental illness result of flawed biological, psychological, or social
processes.
Fortunately mental illnesses are treatable, and
individuals can experience symptom relief, and
complete cure in some cases, with treatment and
support.
Needs are placed conceptually on a pyramid, with the
most basic and important needs on the lower level.
The higher levels, the more distinctly human needs,
Maslow's hierarchy of needs occupy the top sections of the pyramid. According to
Maslow, when lower level needs are met, higher level
needs are able to emerge.
**Physiological needs first, safety second
Physiological needs Food, water, oxygen, elimination, rest, and sex
,Safety needs Security, protection, stability, structure, order, and limits.
Love and belonging needs Affiliation, affectionate relationships, and love
Self-esteem related to competency, achievement, and
Esteem needs
esteem from others.
Self-actualization needs Becoming everything one is capable of.
When a person experiences a sense of identity that
Self-transcendence
transcends or extends beyond the personal self.
The primitive, pleasure-seeking part of our personalities
The Id
that lurks in the unconscious mind.
Our sense of self. (Also unconscious mind)
The Ego Acts as an intermediary between the id and the world by
using ego defense mechanisms, such as repression,
denial, and rationalization.
Conscious mind.
The Superego Our conscience (our sense of what is right or wrong) and
is greatly influenced by our parents' or caregivers' moral
and ethical stances.
Freud believed that personality development is based
on stages. During these stages, the id focuses on an
erogenous zone of the body. These zones are oral, anal,
and phallic. Fixation through overindulgence or
Freud's contribution to frustration results in pathologic conditions and
mental health personality disorders. Freud's work has been criticized
for a variety of reasons. One of the harshest criticism
stems from the concept of penis envy in which females
suffer from feelings of inferiority for not having male
genitalia.
, Pleasure-pain principle
Id, the instinctive and primitive mind, is dominant
Demanding, impulsive, irrational, asocial, selfish, trustful,
omnipotent, and dependent
Freud - Oral—birth to 1½ Primary thought processes
years Unconscious instincts—source-energy-aim-object
Mouth—primary source of pleasure
Immediate release of tension/anxiety and immediate
gratification through oral gratification
Task—develop a sense of trust that needs will be met
Reality principle—postpone immediate discharge of
energy and seek actual object to satisfy needs
Learning to defer pleasure
Gaining satisfaction from tolerating some tension-
mastering impulses
Freud - Anal—1½ to 3 years
Focus on toilet training—retaining/letting go; power
struggle
Ego development—functions of the ego include
problem-solving skills, perception, ability to mediate id
impulses
Task—delay immediate gratification
LATEST REAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS|AGRADE
Terms in this set (149)
Milieu refers to the environment in which holistic
treatment occurs and includes all members of the
treatment team in a positive physical setting, with
interactions among those who are hospitalized and
activities that promote recovery.
The psychiatric mental health registered nurse provides,
structures, and maintains safe, therapeutic, recovery
oriented environment collaboration with health care
consumers, families, and other health care clinicians.
Milieu Therapy
Among other things milieu management includes
orienting patients to their rights and responsibilities.
Milieu management also includes informing patients in a
culturally competent manner about the need for
structure, maintenance of a safe environment, and limits
set on the unit.
The nurse selects activities (both individual and group)
that meets the patient's physical and mental health
needs. The patient should always be maintained in the
least restrictive environment.
, Successful performance of mental functions, resulting in
the ability to engage in productive activities, enjoy
fulfilling relationships, adapt to change, and cope with
adversity.
Mental health is the foundation of thinking,
Mental health
communication skills, learning, emotional growth,
resilience, and self-esteem throughout the life span.
It is a STATE OF WELL-BEING in which individuals are
able to realize their abilities as well as contribute to their
community within the context of life stressors.
Actual diagnoses, gets in the way of obtaining mental
health.
Medical conditions that affect a person's thinking,
feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily
functioning. Basically, mental illness can be seen as the
Mental illness result of flawed biological, psychological, or social
processes.
Fortunately mental illnesses are treatable, and
individuals can experience symptom relief, and
complete cure in some cases, with treatment and
support.
Needs are placed conceptually on a pyramid, with the
most basic and important needs on the lower level.
The higher levels, the more distinctly human needs,
Maslow's hierarchy of needs occupy the top sections of the pyramid. According to
Maslow, when lower level needs are met, higher level
needs are able to emerge.
**Physiological needs first, safety second
Physiological needs Food, water, oxygen, elimination, rest, and sex
,Safety needs Security, protection, stability, structure, order, and limits.
Love and belonging needs Affiliation, affectionate relationships, and love
Self-esteem related to competency, achievement, and
Esteem needs
esteem from others.
Self-actualization needs Becoming everything one is capable of.
When a person experiences a sense of identity that
Self-transcendence
transcends or extends beyond the personal self.
The primitive, pleasure-seeking part of our personalities
The Id
that lurks in the unconscious mind.
Our sense of self. (Also unconscious mind)
The Ego Acts as an intermediary between the id and the world by
using ego defense mechanisms, such as repression,
denial, and rationalization.
Conscious mind.
The Superego Our conscience (our sense of what is right or wrong) and
is greatly influenced by our parents' or caregivers' moral
and ethical stances.
Freud believed that personality development is based
on stages. During these stages, the id focuses on an
erogenous zone of the body. These zones are oral, anal,
and phallic. Fixation through overindulgence or
Freud's contribution to frustration results in pathologic conditions and
mental health personality disorders. Freud's work has been criticized
for a variety of reasons. One of the harshest criticism
stems from the concept of penis envy in which females
suffer from feelings of inferiority for not having male
genitalia.
, Pleasure-pain principle
Id, the instinctive and primitive mind, is dominant
Demanding, impulsive, irrational, asocial, selfish, trustful,
omnipotent, and dependent
Freud - Oral—birth to 1½ Primary thought processes
years Unconscious instincts—source-energy-aim-object
Mouth—primary source of pleasure
Immediate release of tension/anxiety and immediate
gratification through oral gratification
Task—develop a sense of trust that needs will be met
Reality principle—postpone immediate discharge of
energy and seek actual object to satisfy needs
Learning to defer pleasure
Gaining satisfaction from tolerating some tension-
mastering impulses
Freud - Anal—1½ to 3 years
Focus on toilet training—retaining/letting go; power
struggle
Ego development—functions of the ego include
problem-solving skills, perception, ability to mediate id
impulses
Task—delay immediate gratification
