Applied Psychology for Nurses. Mary F. Porter

      CHAPTER VI

      The Normal Mind (Continued) 59Instinct 59Memory 62The Place of Emotion 67The Beginning of Reason 69Development of Reason and Will 71Judgment 72Reaction Proportioned to Stimuli 75Normal Emotional Reactions 77The Normal Mind 77

      CHAPTER VII

      Psychology and Health 79Necessity of Adaptability 80The Power of Suggestion 84One Thought Can Be Replaced by Another 89Habit is a Conserver of Effort 90The Saving Power of Will 93

      CHAPTER VIII

      Variations from Normal Mental Processes 95Disorders and Perversions 95

      CHAPTER IX

      Variations from Normal Mental Processes (Continued) 101Factors Causing Variations from Normal Mental Processes 108

       Heredity 108

       Environment 109

       Personal Reactions 110

      CHAPTER X

      Attention the Root of Disease or Health Attitude 112The Attention of Interest 112The Attention of Reason and Will 118

      CHAPTER XI

      Getting the Patient’s Point of View 124What Determines the Point of View 124Getting the Other Man’s Point of View 126The Deluded Patient 133Nursing the Deluded Patient 135The Obsessed Patient 136The Mind a Prey to False Associations 137

      CHAPTER XII

      The Psychology of the Nurse 139Accuracy of Perception 141Training Perception 142Association of Ideas 143Concentration 146Self-training in Memory 150

      CHAPTER XIII

      The Psychology of the Nurse (Continued) 152Emotional Equilibrium 152Self-correction 160Training the Will 161

      CHAPTER XIV

      The Nurse of the Future 164Index 169

Applied Psychology for Nurses

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CHAPTER I

       WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?

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      Wise men study the sciences which deal with the origins and development of animal life, with the structure of the cells, with the effect of various diseases upon the tissues and fluids of the body; they study the causes of the reactions of the body cells to disease germs, and search for the origin and means of extermination of these enemies to health. They study the laws of physical well-being. They seek for the chemical principles governing the reactions of digestive fluids to the foods they must transform into heat and energy. So the doctor learns to combat disease with science,