Week 1 Homework Assignment
Behaviors Identified by Erikson’s Stages of Development
Match the behaviors or statements described on the right with Erikson’s stages of development listed on the left. Both achievement and nonachievement are reflected in the choices. The first one is completed as an example.
__e___1. Trust a. “I don’t like people. I’d rather be alone.”
___b__ 2. Mistrust b. “Get away from me with that medicine. I know you are trying to poison me!”
__l___ 3. Autonomy c. “I feel good about my life. I have a lot to be thankful for.”
__n___ 4. Shame and Doubt d. A five-year-old girl believes she is the cause of her parents’ divorce.
___o__ 5. Initiative e. “Sure, I’ll loan you $10 till your next payday.”
__d___ 6.
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2. Gain the client’ trust, avoid an overly warm approach; a neutral approach is less threatening, stay with client when he is frightened, and reassure client that the environment is safe.
3. Reorient client as necessary, do not go along with client’s delusions or hallucinations, help client establish what is real and unreal, and monitor for altered thought process.
4. Maintain a safe environment, monitor for suicide risk, provide brief, frequent contacts with the client, and provide opportunities for the client to express concerns, fears, feelings, and expectations in a nonjudgmental environment.
Ethical and Legal Issues in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
Identify the following key terms associated with ethical and legal issues in psychiatric/mental health nursing with the descriptions/definitions listed below.
A. assault J. Kantianism
B. battery K. malpractice
C. beneficence L. natural law
D. Christian ethics M. nonmaleficence
E. torts N. slander
F. common law O. statutory law
G. libel P. utilitarianism
H. ethical egoism Q. civil law
I. false imprisonment R. criminal law
S. veracity
___J__ 1. Ethical theory by which decisions are based on a sense of duty
___g__ 2. Writing false and malicious information about a person
__b___ 3. The unconsented touching of
5. “I’m blest if it don’t look to me like the truth is better and actuly safer than a lie…I’m a-going to chance it; I’ll up and tell the truth this time.”
| The branch of psychology that is focused on understanding the internal physical events and processes that correspond with our experiences and behavior is called:1. biological psychology.2. cognitive physiology.3. forensic psychology.4. clinical psychology.
1. “I’ll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down and had to come out here and take it easy.”
Nurses are facing many legal or ethical dilemmas in their career. Nurses should combine knowledge of ethical and legal aspects of health care and professional values into nursing practice. It is very essential to know what kind of dilemmas nurses may face during their profession and how they have been dealt with in the past.
3.6 When responding to an individual’s needs, I would take a moment to make sure I have understood what is required of me and then take the relevant action, always communicating back to my client so that she is aware of how I am dealing with her request.
Erikson’s theory of personality is based on his eight stages of development. In each of these eight stages of
Let Client know what is happening, at all times, the client should know what is going to happen, to help them understand and reduce their anxiety, and maintain their dignity.
C. “Friends, have we never been in danger before this? More fearsome, is it now, than when the Cyclops penned us in his cave? What power he had! Did I not keep my nerve, and use my wits to find a way out for us.”
Eric Erikson was one of the most famous theorists of the twentieth century; he created many theories. One of the most talked about theories is his theory of psychosocial development. This is a theory that describes stages in which an individual should pass as they are going through life. His theory includes nine stages all together. The original theory only included eight stages but Erikson‘s wife found a ninth stage and published it after his death. The nine stages include: trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, initiative vs. guilt, industry vs. inferiority, identity vs. identity confusion, intimacy vs. isolation, generativity vs. stagnation, integrity vs. despair, and hope and faith vs. despair (Crandell and Crandell,
Accurate empathy - accurately sensing the client's world and communicating that understanding. Genuineness - self-awareness, honesty and openness; being real (not phony). Unconditional positive regard - accepting and valuing the client as a unique and worthwhile person, being nonjudgmental. Active listening - listening carefully and empathically to the client's story with undistracted attentiveness to 1) gain an understanding of the client's problem, 2) learn how the client thinks, feels and acts, 3) discover the client's strengths, assets and personal power, and 4) build rapport with the client. This includes maintaining comfortable eye contact and open body posture. Reflecting - mirroring the client's thoughts and feelings to demonstrate active listening and encourage the client to continue speaking. This includes: Restating - repeating verbatim the main thought or feeling expressed by the client. Paraphrasing - stating, in your own words, the main thought or feeling expressed by the client. This 1) lets the client know you are working to understand what they are communicating, 2) brings focus to the client's communication, 3) allows the client to correct any misperceptions or misunderstandings, and 4) encourages client self-exploration. Summarizing - summarizing, in your words, a set of thoughts or feelings expressed by the client. Open-ended questioning - Asking questions that require more than a minimal or one-word response by the client. They usually begin
In this step, it is extremely important for the counselor to see if the situation that the client is facing contains ethics. The counselor must be able to gather all the required information and get more understanding about the problem the client is facing. This can only done by strengthening the relationship with the client, if the client is able to trust you, he/she would be willing to tell you what they are facing. After the client is done describing the problem that they are facing, the counselor
The nature of therapist-client relationship and understanding the therapist’s role is vital in making sure that the client’s rights are not jeopardized. The client must be willing to trust the therapist. The therapist can earn the trust of the client will confidentiality guidelines that are established by requiring informed consent. The therapist-client relationship is based on counseling approach as well as relationship with the client. The therapist’s role is to understand the client’s needs, help them get their needs met mentally, and to develop the proper plan that fits the client’s needs. The therapist must fully
Erikson developed eight stages of human development. Briefly I would describe all eight my I will concentrate on stages five and six which are adolescence and young adulthood. Myer describes the stages in the following manner. Stage one occurs during the first year This stage is called infancy (trust vs. mistrust) during this stage if needs are dependably met, infants develop a sense of basic trust. The second stage is called the toddler stage (autonomy vs. shame and doubt). This stage occurs while the baby is two years old, in this stage toddlers learn to exercise will do things for themselves, or they doubt their abilities. The third stage is called the preschooler between the ages of three and five (initiative vs. guilt). During this stage preschoolers learn to initiate
Establish rapport and have a pleasant student nurse-client working relationship with our client, Sir Xxx Client x, and his significant others so that the group can gain their trust and can obtain pertinent information from them;
2. The approach may not work on the clients who have no capacity to trust their own inner direction and those who see themselves as less powerful in finding answers to their own problem