Psychiatric- Mental Health Nursing- Conceptual Frameworks/theories

Person or group's beliefs about how something happens or works. All people develop theories. Theorists systematically record ideas

Concepts provide support for theories.

Prediction about two or or more concepts within a theoretical perspective.

1. lead to collection of relevant impirical data or relations not yet observed and help expand knowledge field. 2. incorporate known empirical findings withing a logically consisten and reasonable simple framework.

Process by which nurses make clinical decisions using the best available research evidence, their clinical expertise and patient preferences.

Unconscious measures that people use to protect their personal stability against anxiety and threat resulting from conflicts among the id, ego, superego.

Expressing thoughts and feelings in actions rather than words.

Empasizing positive traits to make up for real or perceived weakness.

Refusing to recognize a reality that might be troublesome or traumatic.

Maintaining an entirely negative view of another person by ignoring his or her virtues (the oopposite is idealization)

Acting and behaving like someone else; taking on another's personality characteristics.

Using the powers of the intellect, thinking, and reasoning to blunt reality.

Refusing to recognize behavior in oneself and instead "projecting" it or seeing it in someone else.

Doing the opposite of one's unconscious wishes

Going back to an earlier and happier time of development.