NUR 2488 Mental Health Nursing Final Exam Key Concepts 2026/2027 (6pages)

Introduction in Psychiatric Nursing Understand milieu therapy- can you describe it in a clinical setting? (2-4 questions about Milieu’s) Describe the difference between mental health and mental illness – Definitions only s Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs (pg 31) (2 questions) Freud- what did he contribute to psychiatric setting? (1 question) Review table 3-2 (pg 38) Therapeutic Communication Be able to give examples of verbal and non-verbal communication (question listing ways of nonverbal communication – select all style – “listening” was one option, check on that for sure) Understanding therapeutic and non-therapeutic techniques of communication (same type of scenarios from exam 2) Review table 8-1, 8-2, 8-3 Phases of the Nurse-Patient Relationships Describe relationship during each phase (Know discharge phase) Boundaries with patients Describe active listening (Select all apply question for this) Review table 9-1 NUR 2488 Mental Health Nursing Final Exam Key Concepts Legal, Ethical, and Cultural Give examples of negligence, Autonomy, Justice, Beneficence, Fidelity, and Veracity (Very few questions on this, I think only one if I remember right– the same question was on there regarding the physician who chose to treat the guy with insurance and discharge the other guy – what’s this an example of?) Rights for Voluntary and Involuntary Admission (2-3 questions on this) Informed Consent/Confidentiality/HIPAA (I don’t remember anything for this) Psychiatric Nursing Assessment – priority interventions, nursing dx, etc. (pg 101) Mood Disorders Primary vs. Secondary Depression (2-3 Questions, know secondary depression) Review tables 15-2, 15-8 & 15-9 (Foods that interact) First-line treatment for Depression – Can you name them? (1 select all apply, I think) Patient teaching for Nortriptyline, TCAs vs. SSRIs vs. MAOIs – know examples from classes of meds/benefits/risks/adverse effects/pt. teaching (Review table 15-7) (4-5 questions on these meds) – Such as What’s main difference between TCA and SSRI. What foods to avoid if any. (There’s like two questions about what has Tyramine in it; and which med do you need to avoid tyramine?) Review box 15-2 Suicidal Ideation – Assessment, Risk Factors & Interventions (pg 437) (1 question, know signs such as paying off debt, skipping doctors appointments, etc.) Understanding the differences between covert and overt messages Table 23-1, 23-2 Lithium Levels & Toxicity (know lithium levels – 1-2 questions on that) What happens in lithium toxicity. – Make sure you know difference between this and the tyramine interaction – I got these two mixed up)