The type of Mood Disorder characterized by Recurrent bouts of major depression with episodic occurrences of hypomaina.
What is Bipolar II disorder
100
This Mood Disorder diagnosis is given to an individual who is experiencing, or has experienced, a full syndrom of manic or mixed symptoms with or without some episodes of depression.
What is Bipolar I Disorder
100
This type of intervention is indicated if the disorder jeopardizes the patient's marriage or family functions.
What is Family Therapy
100
Family therapy has been shown to be increase the success of treatment when combined with individual psychotherapy and this treatment.
What is pharmocotherapy
100
A systematic framework that uses a problems-solving approach and results in goal-directed patient care
What is the Nursing Process
200
Except for the addition of one or more manic episodes, the diagnostic characteristics of Bi-Polar disorder are identical to this other mood disorder.
What is Major Depressive Disorder
200
At this stage, the disturbance is not sufficiently sever to cause marked impairment in social or occupational functioning.
What is Hypomania
200
Family members should be taught to watch out for these when a patient is on lithium therapy
What are symptoms of lithium toxicity
200
The traditional drug used as a mood stabliizer
What is Lithium
200
This diagrammatic teaching/learning strategy shows interrelationships among diagnosis, assessment data and treatments.
What is a Concept Map.
300
This mnemonic device is also an acronym used to determine suicide risk in patients with depression.
What is SAD PERSONS
300
Characterized by a euphoric and elated mood, and demonstrated by pressured speech and flight of ideas, this stage usually requires hospitalization.
What is Acute Mania
300
This nursing role is often directed at the family and support system of the patient
What is Teacher
300
The first symptoms of lithium toxicity, blurred vision, ataxia, tinnitus, persistent nausea and vomiting, and severe diarrhea, show up at this serum level
What is 1.5 to 2.0 mEq/L
300
This step on the nursing process considers the effectiveness of interventions by measuring fulfillment of the outcome criteria
What is Evaluation
400
This is a chronic mood disturbance of at least a 2-year duration involving numerous episodes of hypomania and depressed moods where patient is never without symptoms for more than 2 months.
What is Cyclothymic Disorder
400
These three areas are assessed in order to diagnose mood disorders
What are: Mood, Cognition and Perception, and Activity and Behavior.
400
This tool used to screen for Bi-Polar Disorder in Children and Adolescents was developed by the Child and Adolescent Bi-Polar Foundation (CABF)
What is the FIND (Frequency, Intensity, Number and Duration) Scale
400
To avoid risk of Lithium toxicity, patients should be educated to ensure adequate intake of this mineral
What is Sodium
400
Developing short and long term goals and listing Nursing Interventions used to accomplish them covers these phases of the nursing process
What is Planning/Implementation
500
This nursing intervention is the primary concern in patients with mood disorders
What is Maintaining Client Safety
500
Examples include:
Patient "has not harmed self or others", "Accepts responsibility for own behaviors" and "Interacts appropriately with others"
What are NOC (Nursing Outcome Criteria)?
500
This type of study compares monozygotic and dizigotic womb-mates, and shows a strong genetic link to bipolar disorder.
What is a twin study
500
These three classes of drugs have been found to be helpful in the treatment of Bi-Polar Disorder even though their mechanism of action is unknown.
What are Anticonvulsants, Calcium Channel Blockers and Antipsychotics
500
This healthcare worker educates family members that at least part of the patients negative behaviors are attributed to a disease and not willful deliberate choices