FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

NOTES ABOUT MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION
(Excerpts from NURSE’S NOTES: Reviewer’s Edition)

Maritess Manalang-Quinto, RN, MAN(c)
Nurse Educator/Nurse Instructor/Resource Speaker
Reviewer V for Local and International Nurse Licensure Examinations
Certified Foreign Graduate Nurse
Registered Nurse, Vermont State, USA
Registered Nurse, Republic of the Philippines

FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

A. Theories of Personality Development

Sigmund Freud’s Psychosexual Development
Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latency
Genital

Erik Erikson’s Psychosocial Development
Trust versus Mistrust
Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt
Industry versus Inferiority
Role Identity versus Role Confusion
Intimacy versus Isolation
Generativity versus Stagnation
Ego Integrity versus Despair

Sullivan’s Interpersonal Relationship Development
Infancy
Childhood
Juvenile
Preadolescence
Early Adolescence
Late Adolescence
Young Adulthood

Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operations
Formal Operations

Hildegard Peplau’s Nurse Client Relationship
Phases of Nurse Client Relationship
Orientation
Working Phase
Termination Phase

CAUTION: The avoidance of transference and counter transference in important in the termination phase.