Define It
Is a process focused on resolution of the immediate problem through personal,
social, and environmental resources
What is Crisis intervention
Promote awareness of in-the-moment real things and help counter dissociative episodes. For example, dissociation can be disrupted by stomping one’s feet, taking a shower, holding an ice cube, exercising, deep breathing, or touching the upholstery on a chair
What is Grounding
Regularly sleeping an average of 6 to 8 hr per night
What is importance of sleep
• Who do you talk to when you feel overwhelmed?
• Who can you trust?
• Who is available to help you?
• Do you belong to a spiritual community?
Where do you go to school or to other community-based
activities?
Thinking, behavioural, and emotional processes individuals use
to support functioning in the face of stressors
What is coping mechanism
It is a discipline for training the mind to develop greater calm
and then using that calm to bring penetrative insight into one’s experience
Having equilibrium between your job responsibilities and your personal life, including family, health, and hobbies
What is Work life Balance
Include clear verbal and non-verbal communication skills, assertiveness, responsiveness to patient needs, strong problem-solving abilities, attention to diversity and power relations, and genuine empathy for the lived experience of the patient.
What is essential aspects of the therapeutic relationship
Is an acute state of psychological imbalance resulting in poor coping with
evidence of distress and functional impairment.
Is a heightened state of awareness and attention derived from focusing on present moment experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting way
What is Mindfulness
Is one of the most well-researched self-care strategies used to promote the wellbeing of nurses
What is Mindfulness
When a person is in crisis, the nursing diagnosis of _______ is often useful.
What is ineffective coping
Experiencing or witnessing such events that threaten an individual’s very survival (physical or psychological)
What is Trauma
The use of _______ as a cognitive approach is a good example of how a
stressful situation can be “turned upside down.”
What is use of humour
A planned, structured, and repetitive bodily activity performed to maintain or improve physical fitness and overall health
What is Exercise
Crisis intervention is a function of the basic-level nurse and has two
initial goals:
What is patient safety and anxiety reduction