Safety
Best place for a homicidal/suicidal patient be placed
What is seclusion?
Sleep disturbances, decreased ADLs, Alterations in eating habits, weight gain or weight loss, and sadness
What are symptoms of a Depressive Disorder
Medication used to treat depression, anxiety or sometimes neurologic pain.
What are SSRI?
A chronic, severe brain disorder that causes a loss of touch with reality, disrupting how a person thinks, feels, and behaves
What is schizophrenia
GI upset, nervousness, shaking, clammy, hypertension, tachycardia
What are signs of alcohol withdrawal
Level of supervision will the nurse need to maintain for a client who is suicidal?
What is Within Line of Sight supervision
Hypersexuality, hyper-spending, Insomnia, Increased risk-taking behaviors, exaggerated appearance What are symptoms of mania
What are symptoms of mania
First generation antipsychotic which blocks dopamine receptors in the brain to help regulate mood, behavior and thoughts.
What is haloperidol
Bang gang fang clang tang pang
What is an example of clang association speech
Treatment for opioid overdose?
What is naloxone?
Which intervention precedes medication or physical restraints?
What is Therapeutic Communication
Best therapeutic environment for a manic client
A low stimulation environment
Jaundice, seizures, and severe skin reaction
What are serious side effects of Valproate
a confused, jumbled mixture of random words and phrases that lacks logical structure and does not make sense to the listener.
What is word salad speech
Treatment for benzodiazepine overdose
What is Flumazenil
Created for a client who is suicidal?
What is a safety contract.
Brain damaging disease that causes a decline in mental capacity.
What is dementia.
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and hand tremors
What are early signs and symptoms of lithium toxicity
a fixed, false belief that a person holds firmly onto even when presented with clear, objective evidence that proves it is not true
What are delusions?
an intense, unpleasant physical response that happens when someone consumes alcohol while taking this medication
What is disulfiram
"The voices told me to kill you"
What is a command hallucination
Mental symptoms brought about by infection, severe stress, or substance abuse.
What is Delirium.
Hyperreflexia, hyperthermia, tachycardia, Hypertension
What are signs and symptoms of serotonin syndrome
"Why"
What is a nontherapeutic question
the most severe and potentially life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal, characterized by rapid-onset confusion, autonomic instability, and nervous system hyperexcitability
What are delirium tremens (DTs)