Professional Documents
Culture Documents
on pg 17)
Continuum of Care
Structured to provide services based on
the changing needs of the individual Services include:
Prevention Treatment Rehabilitation
Nursing Role:
Therapeutic Communication (being
Psychopharmacology (Assess, plan,
therapeutic)
implement, evaluate, administer, decide on prn medication, reevaluate) Milieu Management (safety, structure, norms, limit-setting, balance, environmental modification)
3-1, 3-2)
Psychoanalytic Model Developmental Model Interpersonal Model Cognitive Behavioral Model Reality Therapy Stress Adaptation Model
Defense Mechanisms
- Patients Rights
Assault Battery False Imprisonment Informed Consent Voluntary Patients Involuntary Commitment Seclusion, Restraints Power of Attorney Negligence Duty to Care, Duty to Warn Others
Neurotransmitters in normal brain function as well in schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, and dementia Key Psychobiologic Assessment Issues for the Psychiatric Nurse
The Role of Neurotransmitters in Mental Illness Schizophrenia Increase in dopamine Depression Decrease in serotonin Decrease in norepinephrine Anxiety Decrease in GABA Alzheimers Disease Decrease in acetylcholine
Community-Based Care