Coping Skills
What does "coping skill" mean?
Something that helps you cope -- relax, calm down, not be upset, etc.
Are patients allowed to touch each other?
NO!!
Name 1 nurse working today
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Why is support important?
It helps you get through things you might not be able to handle alone.
You go to your friends house and he offers you a beer. What would be one healthy way to react?
Say no. Leave.
Name 3 coping skills you use regularly.
Reading, art, music, sports, etc.
At night.
Name 1 tech working today
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Who can you ask for support in the hospital?
Staff, peers (sometimes!)
Your significant other just broke up with you and you have the urge to self-harm. What is a way to distract yourself from self-harm?
What's a negative coping skills?
Self-harm, isolation, yelling, being mean.
What's required to go to the gym?
Closed-toe shoes and off-unit privileges.
Who wears green?
BHT / Techs
Who can you ask for support at home?
Family, friends, therapist
You feel yourself getting frustrated with a peer on your unit. Name three healthy ways you can cope with that situation?
Remove yourself from the situation (walk away). Find something else to do. Talk to a staff.
What is a "trigger"?
Something that causes a memory of a (usually) bad event.
When is lunch?
12, or when group ends.
Who wears black?
Nurses
What is a way you can be supportive to someone else?
Listening, talking, helping.
You make plans to go out with your friend, but she cancels last-minute and says she's sick. You find out she went out with someone else instead. What do you do?
What are two examples of a trigger?
Loud noises, yelling, certain people, certain places.
Who do you ask if you have a question?
Any staff.
What's the doctor's name?
Dr. Sollars
Name a time when you should have asked for support, but may have used a negative coping skill instead?
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You're lying in bed when suddenly you're overcome with anxiety, thinking about something that happened in the past. What do you do?