Poppies
Sweating, vomiting, nausea, insomnia, anxiety, lethargy, and paranoia
What are symptoms of cocaine withdrawal?
Use this tool in assessing clients for ETOH use
What is CAGE-AID?
Hallmark signs of the progressing disease
Amnesia, Aphasia, Apraxia, and Agnosia
Terror of gaining weight • Preoccupation with thoughts of food • View of self as fat even when emaciated • Peculiar handling of food: • Cutting food into small bits • Pushing pieces of food around
What are possible signs and symptoms of anorexia nervosa?
Traits are exaggerated and rigid to the point that they cause dysfunction in their relationships
What are personality disorders?
An opiate antagonist, is often given to people who have overdosed on an opiate
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
Time-frame of 24-48 hours
What is the time-frame withdrawal symptoms could peak?
Use these during the mild-moderate stages
What are cholinesterase inhibitors or NMDA
(Aricept/Exelon or Namenda)
Priority concern for client with binge/purge bulimia?
What are electrolyte imbalances?
Perceive themselves as being unable to separate from others, work independently, or function at all on their own.
What is dependent personality disorder?
Priority assessment with client is withdrawing from CNS stimulants
What is assessing for suicidal risk?
Used during alcohol withdrawal to help patient with symptoms
What are benzodiazepines?
(Consider when you would use lorazepem vs. Chlordiazepoxide
Have patient wear MedicAlert bracelet that cannot be removed ( with name, address, and telephone number). Provide police department with recent pictures; Alert local police and neighbors; Put complex locks on door; Place locks at top of door.
What are interventions for a patient who wanders?
“ If I have one Popsicle, I must eat five.” • “ If I allow myself to gain weight, I’ll blow up like a balloon.”
What are all-or-nothing cognitive distortions associated with eating disorder?
•Arguing or begging • Flattery or seductiveness • Instilling guilt, clinging • Constantly seeking attention • Pitting one person, staff, group against another • Frequently disregarding the rules • Constant engagement in power struggles • Angry, demanding behaviors
What are examples of manipulation?
Put in room with minimal stimuli. Do not attempt to talk down patient! Speak slowly, clearly, and in a low voice. Administer diazepam. Haloperidol may be used for severe behavioral disturbance
What treatments for a client with PCP overdose?
Nausea and Vomiting, Tachycardia, Diaphoresis, Anxiety, or irritability Tremors in hands, fingers, eyelids
What are symptoms of acute alcohol withdrawal?
•Easy access to services • Respite care • Full involvement in decision making • Information and referral • Case management: coordination of community resources and follow- up
•What are the right the caregiver of dementia has?
Precise mealtimes, adherence to the selected menu, observation during and after meals, and regularly scheduled weighings. Close supervision of patients includes monitoring of all trips to the bathroom after eating
What is milieu therapy for anorexia nervous?
Utilizes common responses to threats of separation or rejection include self-mutilation and suicide-prone behaviors
What is a client with Borderline Personality Disorder?
Constricted pupils, decreased respiration, decreased blood pressure, slurred speech, drowsiness
What is a client with opioid overdose?
Attending a relapse prevention program during the active course of treatment and verbalizing cues or situations that pose increased risk of use
What are expected outcomes for client with ETOH addiction?
Encouraging this client to do this _____ allows them to be able to remembering accomplishments and shared joys helps distract patient from deficit and gives meaning to existence.
What is reminiscing?
A potentially catastrophic treatment complication in which the demands of a replenished circulatory system overwhelm the capacity of a nutritionally depleted cardiac muscle, which results in cardiovascular collapse
What is re-feeding syndrome?
Have a sense of entitlement, which means they believe they have the right to hurt others, take what they want, treat others unfairly, destroy the property
Who is a client with antisocial personality disorder?