Ethical & Legal
A basic human need, warranting recognition as a core element in nursing. This principle is defined as a moral obligation to act on the basis of equality and equity and a standard linked to fairness for all in society.
What is justice?
This medication is given for LONG TERM treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
What is buspirone (Buspar)?
This type of NCD often has an abrupt onset.
What is vascular neurocognitive disorder?
If healthcare providers do not fully understand the impact of previous trauma on the patient's current health concerns, the patient may be retraumatized. Interventions that may unwittingly retraumatize patients include these two interventions-
What is seclusion and restraints?
A nurse should use this response when addressing a client's physical symptoms in a somatic symptom disorder.
What is utilizing a detached manner?
Based on this principle, patients have the right to refuse nursing care and medical treatment.
What is autonomy?
This class of medication should be used cautiously in patients with anxiety disorders if substance abuse is in the patient's history.
What are benzodiazepines?
The etiology of these disease is from neurotransmitter alterations, plaques and tangles, head trauma, and genetic factors.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This nursing diagnosis is common for patients with survivor's guilt.
What is complicated grieving?
This distinguishing criterion is present in Somatic symptom disorder but absent in illness anxiety disorder.
What are significant physical symptoms?
These hospitalizations are made if the patient is imminently dangerous to himself, a danger to others, or unable to care for basic personal needs.
What is involuntary commitment/involuntary hospitalization?
These medications have been used to decrease the intensity of symptoms in a patient who is withdrawing from, or who is experiencing the effects of excessive use of alcohol and other drugs.
What is medication-assisted treatment?
These nursing interventions take priority when working with a patient with AD who is incapable of performing ADLS.
What is assistance with bathing and toileting?
This maladaptive coping response can occur in individuals with PTSD.
What is substance use?
This type of gain would allow the patient to avoid an unpleasant activity, such as avoiding a stressful family wedding.
What is a primary gain?
The deliberate and unauthorized confinement of a person within fixed limits by the use of verbal or physical means.
What is false imprisonment?
These two medications are given for patients with a history of opiate withdrawal.
What are methadone and clonidine?
A decrease in this neurotransmitter occurs in Parkinson's disease, Huntington disease, and Alzheimer's disease.
What is acetylcholine?
These symptoms are characteristic of PTSD.
What are guilt feelings, aggressive behaviors, impaired occupational functioning, relationship problems, and high levels of anxiety?
The switching of personalities when confronted about inappropriate actions in dissociative identify disorder (DID) serves this important function.
What is isolation of painful events so the patient's awareness and anxiety are decreased?
This act results in a person's genuine fear and apprehension that he or she will be touched without consent.
What is assault?
The patient with schizophrenia has recently begun clozapine. These signs would indicate a potentially fatal side effect is occuring.
What is sore throat, fever, and malaise?
This is a priority nursing intervention for patients with major neurocognitive disorder.
The full symptom picture for PTSD must be present for this time frame and cause significant interference with social, occupational, and other areas of functioning.
What is at least one month?
The most important nursing priority when beginning to work with a patient diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID).
What is establishing trust and rapport?