Mind Games: Defense Tactics
“I’ve been smoking for 30 years and it hasn’t killed me yet.”
What is Denial?
Drug classification of alprazolam.
What is CNS depressant/Benzodiazepine?
The primary concern of patients with PTSD.
What is safety?
Withdrawal from this substance poses a life-threatening increase in vital signs, psychotic behavior and seizures.
What is alcohol?
The number of half lives it takes for a medication to be completely eliminated from the body.
What are 5 half lifes?
“I don’t remember being in an accident when I was 6 years old”.
What is Repression?
Antidote for benzodiazepines.
What is Flumazenil?
This a barrier to therapeutic communication.
What is offering advice?
Withdrawal from this substance creates abdominal cramps and muscle pain.
What is opiates/Heroin?
This is the medication is used for opioid overdose.
What is naloxone/Narcan?
“I hate that girl because she always looks the other way when she sees me.”
What is projection?
A patient with an ORIF of the ulna routinely takes lorazepam BID for anxiety and is ordered Oxycontin for pain. This is the primary thing the patient is at risk for.
What is respiratory depression?
The medication classification useful in treating PTSD.
What is SSRI, benzodiazepines?
The vitamin that mitigates the severity and potential complications of alcohol withdrawal.
What is vitamin B1 Thiamine?
Identify nicotine 3 withdrawal symptoms.
What are strong cravings, anxiety, irritable mood, restlessness, trouble focusing or sleeping, depression, frustration, anger, increased hunger, and constipation?
“I failed the exam because the teacher is so unfair."
What is rationalization?
Four levels of anxiety.
What is mild, moderate, severe, panic?
This is your repsone when a Patient states “I started fluoxetine yesterday and it did nothing”
What is it takes at least a week for the full effect of this medication to be effective
The medication useful in treating hepatic encephalopathy.
What is lactulose?
The interviewing tool is used by the RN to identify tobacco users.
What is the 5 “A’s”?
“I was so angry with myself about yelling at my children so when my husband arrived home, I went to the gym and worked out for an hour.”
What is sublimation?
Combining the narcotic tramadol and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) poses a significant risk for this.
What is serotonin syndrome?
This technique use the 5 senses to help patients experiencing dissociation feel more connected to themselves and the world and feel more real in the moment.
What is grounding techniques (eg, by playing loud music, or placing a piece of ice in the hand etc.)?
Three pharmacologic agents used in treating alcohol withdrawal.
What are Antabuse, Benzodiazepines, Anticonvulsants, Multivitamin therapy, Thiamine (Vitamin B1), Lactulose?
Three interventions for an opioid overdose patient admitted to the ER.
What are administer naloxone/Narcan, assess VS, Apply O2 and have suction equipment available, elevate HOB?