Principles mhn

i hope this will be useful for bsc nursing 3rd year students and msc nursing students and will increase your knowledge

1. PRINCIPLES OF MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PREPARED BY, Vipin Chandran

2. 5. Patient behavior is changed through emotional experience and not by rational interpretation

3. Accept the patient exactly as he is Use self- understanding as a therapeutic tool Use consistent behavior to increase patient emotional security Give reassurance to patient in subtle and acceptable manner Change patient behavior through emotional experience and not by rational interpretation Avoid unnecessary increase in patient anxiety Demonstrate objective observation to understand and interpret the meaning of patient’s behavior Maintain realistic nurse- patient relationship Avoid physical and verbal force as much as possible Provide nursing care to the patient as a person and not on control of symptoms of the disease that he has Explain routines and procedures at patient’s level of understanding Many procedures are modified but basic principles remain unaltered