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Unit-8
Describe the scope, branches, and significance of psychology in nursing.
- Meaning of Psychology 1SSues
- Development of psychology – Scope, branches, and methods of psychology
- Relationship with other subjects
- Significance of psychology in nursing
- Applied psychology to solve everyday
Unit-9
Biological basis of behavior Introduction.
- Body-mind relationship
- Genetics and behavior
- Inheritance of behavior.
- Brain and behavior
- Psychology and sensation- sensory
process -normal and abnormal
Unit-10
Mental health and mental hygiene
- Concept of mental health and mental hygiene
- Characteristic of a mentally healthy person
- Warning signs of poor mental health
- Promotive and preventive mental
- health strategies and Services
- Defense mechanism and its implication
- Frustration and conflict- types of
- conflicts and measurements to Overcome
- Role of Nurse in reducing frustration
- and conflict and enhancing coping
Unit -11
Developmental psychology
- Psychological needs of various groups
- in health and sickness- Infancy,
- childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age
- Introduction to child psychology and
- role of a nurse in meeting the
- psychological needs of children
- Psychology of vulnerable individuals
- challenged, women, sick, etc.
- Role of the nurse with vulnerable group
Unit-12
Personality
- Meaning, the definition of personality
- Classification of personality
- Measurement and evaluation of
- personality-Introduction
- Alteration in personality
- Role of nurse in identification of
- individual personality and
- improvement in altered personality
Unit-13
Cognitive process
- Attention- definition, types, determinants, duration, degree and
- alteration in attention
- Perception – Meaning of Perception, principles, factor affecting perception,
- Intelligence – Meaning of intelligence Effect of heredity and environment in
- intelligence, classification, Introduction to measurement of
- intelligence tests – Mental deficiencies
- Learning -Definition of learning, types of learning, Factors influencing
- learning – Learning process, Habit formation
- Memory-meaning and nature of memory, factors influencing memory,
- methods to improve memory, forgetting
- Thinking- types, level, reasoning and problem-solving.
- Aptitude- concept, types, individual differences and variability
- Psychometric assessment of cognitive processes-Introduction
- Alteration in cognitive processes
Unit-14
Motivation and emotional processes
- Motivation- meaning, concept, types, theories of motivation, motivation
- cycle, biological and special motives Emotions – Meaning of emotions,
- development of emotions, alteration of emotion, emotions in sickness
- handling emotions in self and other Stress and adaptation- stress, stressor,
- cycle, effect, adaptation and coping Attitudes – Meaning of attitudes,
- nature, factor affecting attitude, attitudinal change, Role of attitude in
- health and sickness Psychometric assessment of emotions
- and attitude-Introduction Role of nurse in caring for the emotionally sick client
Unit-15
Psychological Assessment and tests introduction
Types, development, characteristics, principles, uses, interpretation
Role of nurse in Psychological assessment
Unit-16
Application of soft skill
- Concept of soft skill Types of soft skills are visual, aural and
- communication skill The way of communication
- Building relationships with clients and society
- Interpersonal Relationships (PR):
- Definition, Types, and Purposes, Interpersonal skills, Barriers,
- Strategies to overcome barriers
- Survival strategies- managing time, coping with stress, resilience, work-life
- balance Applying soft skills to the workplace and society Use of soft skills in nursing
Unit-17
Self-empowerment
- Dimensions of self-empowerment Self-empowerment development
- Importance of women’s empowerment in society
- Professional etiquette and personal grooming
- Role of nurse in empowering other