To this end I have dealt with the simple principles of psychology only
as the nurse can immediately apply them.
The writer wishes to acknowledge her indebtedness for criticism of this
work and for several definitions better than her own, in the chapters
_The Normal Mind_ and _Variations From Normal Mental Processes_, to
Dr. Robert S. Carroll, who through the years of hospital training helped
her to translate her collegiate psychology from fascinating abstract
principles into the sustaining bread of daily life.
MARY F. PORTER.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.,
_August, 1921_.
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY? 11
CHAPTER II
CONSCIOUSNESS 20
The Unconscious 23
Consciousness is Complex 29
Consciousness in Sleep 31
Consciousness in Delirium 32
CHAPTER III
ORGANS OF CONSCIOUSNESS 34
The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems in Action 35
The Sympathetic Nervous System 37
CHAPTER IV
RELATION OF MIND AND BODY 40
The Cerebrum or Forebrain 43
CHAPTER V
THE NORMAL MIND 47
CHAPTER VI
THE NORMAL MIND (Continued) 59
Instinct 59
Memory 62
The Place of Emotion 67
The Beginning of Reason 69
Development of Reason and Will 71
Judgment 72
Reaction Proportioned to Stimuli 75
Normal Emotional Reactions 77
The Normal Mind 77
CHAPTER VII
PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH 79
Necessity of Adaptability 80
The Power of Suggestion 84
One Thought Can Be Replaced by Another 89
Habit is a Conserver of Effort 90
The Saving Power of Will 93
CHAPTER VIII
VARIATIONS FROM NORMAL MENTAL PROCESSES 95
Disorders and Perversions 95
CHAPTER IX
VARIATIONS FROM NORMAL MENTAL PROCESSES (Continued) 101
Factors Causing Variations from Normal Mental Processes 108
Heredity 108
Environment 109
Personal Reactions 110
CHAPTER X
ATTENTION THE ROOT OF DISEASE OR HEALTH ATTITUDE 112
The Attention of Interest 112
The Attention of Reason and Will 118
CHAPTER XI
GETTING THE PATIENT'S POINT OF VIEW 124
What Determines the Point of View 124
Getting the Other Man's Point of View 126
The Deluded Patient 133
Nursing the Deluded Patient 135
The Obsessed Patient 136
The Mind a Prey to False Associations 137
CHAPTER XII
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE NURSE 139
Accuracy of Perception 141
Training Perception 142
Association of Ideas 143
Concentration 146
Self-training in Memory 150
CHAPTER XIII
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE NURSE (Continued) 152
Emotional Equilibrium 152
Self-correction 160
Training the Will 161
CHAPTER XIV
THE NURSE OF THE FUTURE 164
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INDEX 169
Applied Psychology for Nurses
CHAPTER I
WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
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.
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