Rasmussen College : NUR 2488 Mental Health Final Exam Review Latest Updated 2021,100% CORRECT
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Rasmussen College : NUR 2488 Mental Health Final Exam Review Latest Updated 2021
NUR 2488 Mental Health Nursing
Final Exam Key Concepts
• Introduction in Psychiatric Nursing
• Basic Brain Anatomy- what do the different part of brain control?
o Frontal Lobe: Thought Processes & Vo...
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Review Latest Updated 2021
NUR 2488 Mental Health Nursing
Final Exam Key Concepts
• Introduction in Psychiatric Nursing
• Basic Brain Anatomy- what do the different part of brain
control?
o Frontal Lobe: Thought Processes & Voluntary Movement
(decision making)
o Temporal Lobe: Auditory Processes (language, speech,
connects to Limbic system)
o Occipital Lobe: Vision (interprets visual images)
o Parietal Lobe: Sensory & Motor (L/R orientation, reading, math,
proprioception)
o Hypothalamus: maintains homeostasis, regulates BP, Temp,
libido, hunger, thirst, and sleep/wake cycles.
o Cerebellum: Balance, Skeletal Muscle Coordination
o Neurons: Nerves that translate electrical impulses into chemical
signals released at the synapse
▪ Synapse- (pg. 51)- The space between neurons in which
neurotransmitters are released and either inhibit/excite the
adjacent neuron. The 4 NT’s are dopamine, norepinephrine,
serotonin and acetylcholine.
• Milieu Therapy: Creating a SAFE, structured inpatient/outpatient
setting where the mentally ill can test new behaviors and coping
mechanisms with others.
o Creating a SAFE, structured inpatient/outpatient setting where
patients with mental illness can test new behaviors and
interactions.
o Climate is essential to healing: paint color, relaxed environments
are conducive to the healing process.
o Florence Nightingale believed that the environment helps heal
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs
o Basic Needs: food, oxygen, water, sleep, sex, and a constant
body temperature. If all the needs were deprived, this level
would take priority.
o Safety Needs: Security, protection, freedom from
fear/anxiety/chaos, and the need for law, order, and limits.
o Belonging and Love Needs: intimate relationship, love,
affection, and belonging, having a family and a home and being
part of identifiable groups.
o Esteem Needs: If self-esteem needs are met, we feel confident,
valued, and valuable. When self-esteem is compromised, we feel
inferior, worthless, and helpless.
o Self-actualization: Reaching our full potential to feel inner
,peace and fulfillment.
, • Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations
o Created the Nurse-Patient Partnership increasing individual and
family roles in recovery. (Based off of Sullivan’s Interpersonal
Theory). Relationships greatly influence recovery
• Freud- what did he contribute to psychiatric setting?
(Unconscious thoughts)
o Id – unconscious mind, instincts (this is dominant)
o Ego – sense of self, use of defense mechanisms
o Superego – our conscious and is greatly influenced by our
parents morals and ethical stances
o Erickson’s
▪ Trust vs. Mistrust (infant 0- 1 ½) trust developed if
caregivers give affection, love, care, attention, and
reliability. (Feeding)
▪ Autonomy vs. Shame (toddlers 1 ½ - 3) kids need to
develop a sense of personal control. (Toilet Training)
▪ Initiative vs. Guilt (children 3-6) children need to have
power to explore their environment and not receive
disapproval from parents. (Exploration)
▪ Industry vs. Inferiority: (school aged kids 6-12) Kids
dealing with new social and academic demands. Success
leads to a sense of competence. (School)
▪ Identity vs. Role Confusion (teens 12-20) Teens need
to develop self-identity and personal identity to stay true to
themselves. (Social Relationships)
▪ Intimacy & Solidarity vs. Isolation (young adults 20-
30) Young Adults need to form intimate, loving
relationships. (Relationships)
▪ Generativity vs. Self-Absorption: (adults 30-65) Need
to create/nurture things by having children. (Work &
Parenthood)
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