Applied Psychology for Nurses
Mary F. Porter
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Applied Psychology for Nurses
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Applied Psychology for Nurses
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
Applied Psychology for Nurses
CHAPTER I WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
CHAPTER II CONSCIOUSNESS
The Unconscious
Consciousness is Complex
Consciousness in Sleep
Consciousness in Delirium
CHAPTER III ORGANS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems in Action
The Sympathetic Nervous System
CHAPTER IV RELATION OF MIND AND BODY
The Cerebrum or Forebrain
CHAPTER V THE NORMAL MIND
CHAPTER VI THE NORMAL MIND (Continued)
Instinct
Memory
The Place of Emotion
The Beginning of Reason
Development of Reason and Will
Judgment
Reaction Proportioned to Stimuli
Normal Emotional Reactions
The Normal Mind
CHAPTER VII PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH
Necessity of Adaptability
The Power of Suggestion
One Thought Can Be Replaced by Another
Habit is a Conserver of Effort
The Saving Power of Will
CHAPTER VIII VARIATIONS FROM NORMAL MENTAL PROCESSES
Disorders and Perversions
CHAPTER IX VARIATIONS FROM NORMAL MENTAL PROCESSES (Continued)
FACTORS CAUSING VARIATIONS FROM NORMAL MENTAL PROCESSES
Heredity
Environment
Personal Reactions
CHAPTER X ATTENTION THE ROOT OF DISEASE OR HEALTH ATTITUDE
The Attention of Interest
The Attention of Reason and Will
CHAPTER XI GETTING THE PATIENT’S POINT OF VIEW
What Determines the Point of View
Getting the Other Man’s Point of View
The Deluded Patient
Nursing the Deluded Patient
The Obsessed Patient
The Mind a Prey to False Associations
CHAPTER XII THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE NURSE
Accuracy of Perception
Training Perception
Association of Ideas
Concentration
Self-training in Memory
CHAPTER XIII THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE NURSE (Continued)
Emotional Equilibrium
Self-correction
Training the Will
CHAPTER XIV THE NURSE OF THE FUTURE
The Nurse of the Future
INDEX
A Short History of Nursing From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Some of the Putnam Nursing Books
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