Clusters Interventions
Clear/consistent boundaries, role model concrete language/empathy
Preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism and control
Obsessive-compulsive Personality Disorder
List 3 signs and symptoms of Anorexia
- Lanugo
- Electrolyte imbalance (connected to purging)
- Low weight
- Amenorrhea
- Jaundice
- Cool extremities
- Peripheral edema
A tool that is used by providers/specialists to help create a plan of care for clients with autism
Autism Wheel
List 3 nursing interventions to help a client who had experienced sexual violence during an interview setting
- Private
- Sit near client
- Establish trust
- Allow client to tell story w/o interruption
- Use layman language
- Be understanding/attentive
- Assess for safety
Avoid being too nice, NO group therapy, limit settings
A
Mistrust and suspicious of others, guarded, restricted affect
Paranoid Personality Disorder
List 3 signs and symptoms of bulimia
- Normal to slightly low weight
- Dental caries, tooth erosion
- Gastric dilation, rupture
- Russell Sign
- Muscle weakening
- Electrolyte imbalance
- EKG changes
- Seizures
List 3 interventions for ADHD
- Behavioral contracts
- Collaborative and proactive solutions
- Counseling
- Modeling
- Role playing
- Planned ignoring
- Use of signals/gestures
- Physical distancing/touch control
Three risk factors that put clients at high risk for suicide.
- Hx of previous attempt
- Family hx of attempt
- Bullied teens
- Hx of child abuse
- Seniors (dementia, parkinsons)
- Terminally ill and disabled
- Clients with depression/psychosis
- Substance use/abuse
- Access to lethal methods
- Lack of mental health care
Friendly, accepting, reassuring
C
Disregard for rights of others, rules and laws
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Metabolic complication that occurs when nutrition is reintroduced after period of severe malnutrtion.
Refeeding syndrome
Three common nursing outcomes used to assess interventions for autism
- Social interaction skills
- Communication skills
- Family normalization/adaptation
- Community support
Differentiate between delusions and hallucinations
Hallucinations involve hearing, seeing, smelling or feeling things that are not really there. (auditory, visual, tactile, gustatory)
Delusions are false beliefs that the person thinks are real, (Grandiose, referential, somatic, etc.)
Realistic choices, ignore flirtations, avoid power struggles
Grandiose, lack of empathy, need for admiration
Narcissistic Personality disorder
Describe the difference between the two types of anorexia
Describe 3 common signs/symptoms of autism
- Persistent deficits in social communication/interaction
- Restricted repetitive patterns of behavior/interests/activities
- Deficits in nonverbal communication behaviors
Describe the order for violent restraints throughout each age group.
- Adults (18+) 4 hours
- Children/adolescent (9-17) 2 hours
- Children (<8) 1 hour
Enhance independence, avoid counter transference
C
Social inhibitions, feelings of inadequacy; hypersensitive to negative evaluation
Avoidant Personality Disorder
List symptoms that are similar in anorexia and bulimia
- Electrolyte imbalances
- Peripheral edema
- Muscle weakening
- EKG changes
Describe how methylphenidate (ritalin) works to help increase attention and decrease impulsivity.
ADHD is known to have a decrease in dopamine and norepinephrine...Ritalin is a CNS stimulant that inhibits the reuptake of dopamine/norepinephrine.
Define each type of bipolar (Bipolar 1, 2, Cyclotymic and mixed)
Bipolar 1: most severe mania, 1 episode of mania followed by major depression
Bipolar 2: Mild mania, alternating with major depression
Cyclothymic: Milder mood elevation/depression
Mixed: Mania/depression occurs simultaneously (feeling energize/upset and tearful)