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[...]... CHAPTER XII The Psychology of the Nurse 139 Accuracy of Perception 141 Training Perception 142 Association of Ideas 143 Concentration 146 Self-training in Memory150 CHAPTER XIII The Psychology of the Nurse (Continued) 152 Emotional Equilibrium 152 160 Self-correction Training the Will 161 CHAPTER XIV The Nurse of the Future 164 Index 169 Applied Psychology for Nurses CHAPTER I WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY? Wise... confident, reckless smile of defiance? All these are legitimate questions for the psychologist He will approach the study of man’s mind by finding how his body acts—that is, by watching the phenomena of mental life—under various conditions; then he will seek for the “why” of the action For we can only conclude what is in the mind of another by interpreting his expression of his thinking and feeling We cannot... study, however, we shall limit ourselves to the psychology of the human mind, since that concerns us vitally as nurses Animal psychology, race psychology, comparative psychology are not within the realm of our practical needs in hospital life We would know the workings of man’s mind in disease and health What are the instinctive responses to fear, as shown by babies and children and primitive races? What... withdrawn, before we say “Mind is not here.” And consciousness we might call awareness, or our personal recognition of being— awareness of me, and thee, and it So we recognize mind by its evidences of awareness, i e., by the body’s reaction to stimuli; and we find mind at the very dawn of animal life Consciousness is evidenced in the protozoön, the simplest form in which animal life is known to exist, by what... germs, and search for the origin and means of extermination of these enemies to health They study the laws of physical wellbeing 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, and at the same time to apply scientific laws of health that he may fortify the human... the mind, facts proved in the psychology laboratory even as chemical facts are demonstrated in the chemical laboratory Wherein psychology departs from facts which can be proved by actual experience or by accurate tests, it becomes metaphysics, and is beyond the realm of science; for metaphysics deals with the realities of the supermind, or the soul, and its relations to life, and death, and God Physics,... science also But we will first find what they have verified, and make that the safe foundation for our own understanding of ourselves and others What do we mean by “mental life”? —or, we might say, the science of the life of the mind And what is mind? But let us start our quest by asking first what reasons we have for being sure mind exists We find the proof of it in consciousness, although we shall learn... eventually, he makes medicine itself less necessary But another science must walk hand in hand today with that of medicine; for doctors and nurses are realizing as never before the power of mind over body, and the hopelessness of trying to cure the one without considering the other Hence psychology has come into her own as a recognized science of the mind, just as biology, histology, chemistry, pathology,... medicine are recognized sciences governing the body As these are concerned with the “how” and “why” of life, and of the body reactions, so psychology is concerned with the “how” and “why” of conduct and of thinking For as truly as every infectious disease is caused by a definite germ, just as truly has every action of man its adequate explanation, and every thought its definite origin As we would know... from a Latin root, scir, the infinitive form, scire, meaning to know So a science is simply the accumulated, tested knowledge, the proved group of facts about a subject, all that is known of that subject to date Hence, if psychology is a science, it is no longer a thing of guesses or theories, but is a grouping of confirmed facts about the mind, facts proved in the psychology laboratory even as chemical . h1" alt="" Project Gutenberg's Applied Psychology for Nurses, by Mary F. Porter This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost. links to images from the original are provided. Applied Psychology for Nurses By Mary F. Porter, A. B. Graduate Nurse; Teacher of Applied Psychology, Highland