Disorders
Characterized by excessive dieting despite emaciation:
Anorexia
A word and quality of a nurse who attempts to understand the perspective of another?
Empathy
Call a code white- enlist help of team
This term describes the responsibility of the nurse to prioritize the wellbeing of the client when experiencing suicidal ideation:
Safety
Cocaine and commonly prescribed ADHD medications fall under the drug category of...
This disorder is often characterized by periods of mania (where patient experiences flight of ideas):
Bi-polar disorder
When a nurse follows through with what they say they will do, it establishes this...
Trust
Provide two nursing interventions for clients with eating disorders:
1) promote self of control 2) provide food preferences 3) monitor weights weekly or bi-weekly 4) monitor elimination 5) monitor post meal 6) no-judgement 7) listen/validate
When interviewing a teenage client about self-harming behaviors the nurse can expect them to be most concerned with which of the following:
Confidentiality
This drug category would be primarily used for treatment of anxiety and panic disorders.
What is Benzodiazepines.
With this disorder paranoia is often present:
Schizophrenia
When dealing with an aggressive client what is an important therapeutic communication technique?
Speaking to them in a quiet/calm voice
A key nursing intervention for a patient who is experiencing auditory or visual hallucinations would be to:
Validate, empathize, and assure safety
A term to describe a cluster of symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and negative symptoms
Psychosis
This drug category must be closely monitored with regular blood work due to a narrow therapeutic range.
May present differently between genders, but lack of eye contact or aversion to touch may be indicative of this disorder:
Autism Spectrum Disorder
When communicating with a client who is confused a nurse should avoid doing this:
Giving too many detailed instructions
What is the most appropriate nursing intervention for someone admitted to an inpatient psych unit who is actively suicidal?
Keep patient under supervision at all times
What is suicide lethality?
The potential or likelihood that suicide will result in death
Antipsychotics
This disorder has a gradual onset, but is progressive in course.
Dementia
Name 5 nursing assessment tools that we've discussed in class:
MSE, P-BELT, SIGECAPS, CIWA, CAGE, COWS, IS PATH WARM
Describes the nurses own feelings or projections toward client based on their own personal experiences or unresolved feelings.
Countertransference
Describe 5 side effects of anti-depressants
Changes in affect/mood, insomnia, vivid dreams, weight gain, decreased libido, suicidal ideation, serotonin syndrome