This important aspect of assessment relates to the patient's diagnosis of pneumonia, uses a small device for measurement, and measures the saturation of oxygen in the blood...
What is 02 sat/saturation; or what is a pulse oximeter
100
Name a nursing problem that starts with "Risk of..." that is pertinent to a diagnosis of schizophrenia...
Numerous options
Validity to be determined...
100
As the nurse caring for this patient, this is one of the 5 senses that you might assess that could influence the patient's impaired verbal communication
What is hearing/sound
100
Name an effect of illness on the patient.
What is educational difficulties, decreased quality of life, lowered productivity, increased poverty, social problems, vulnerable to abuse and substance abuse.
100
This is a major adverse effect of antipsychotic therapy that causes decreased WBCs
What is agranulocytosis
200
Researchers believe this often coexistent mental health disease can often show some of the same signs and symptoms of schizophrenia, and can cause 10% of those with schizophrenia to take their own life...
What is depression
200
Name one of the two nursing diagnosis covered in the presentation...
What are:
Impaired verbal communication
or
Disturbed sensory perception: auditory/visual
200
Name an alternate communication method/technique other than verbal communication
What is a picture board, music, written communication
200
Name effects of illness on the family.
What is unable to work to full capacity and significant/chronic stress?
200
This medication in combination with electroconvulsive therapy reduces 1-year follow-up hospitalizations when compared to other medication-ECT therapies
What is clozapine
300
Assessment data that include paranoia, hallucinations, clang association, and magical thinking
What are positive symptoms
300
This nursing problem is often seen with patients with schizophrenia who admit thoughts of self harm, magical thinking, hopelessness, and/or depression
What is "risk for suicide"
300
This term is defined as maintaining a safe patient environment
What is milieu
300
Name effects of illness on society.
What is significant financial burden and exacerbation of other public health issues?
300
Name an illegal drug covered in the presentation that can initiate or mimic schizophrenia
What are marijuana, or amphetamines, or methylphenidate, or cocaine
400
Assessment data that include a lack of hygiene, reduced mobility, and inability to maintain employment
What are negative symptoms
400
Name one of many possible nursing diagnoses that relate back to the patient's diagnosis of pneumonia...
What are:
Ineffective breathing pattern
Impaired gas exchange
Risk for sepsis
Anxiety
Ineffective airway clearance
Activity Intolerance
Others to be determined
400
Health care professionals watch fluid intake of schizophrenic patients in order to avoid this life-threatening condition
What is water intoxication
400
Name reasons for financial burden on society.
What is frequent hospitalizations and incarceration?
400
The chest x-ray for this patient showed the presence of this condition
What is pneumonia
500
When studying the relationship between psychosis and cardio-vagal stimulation, what sympathetic manifestation did Behzadi et al. claim was congruent with physiological illness
What is increased heart rate; or what is increased pulse rate
500
Name a nursing diagnosis that relates to the patient's impaired sleep/rest cycle...
What sleep deprivation; or what is disturbed sleep pattern
500
Other than 1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation antipsychotics, name an adjunct therapy that was covered in the presentation
What are anticonvulsants/anticonvulsant therapy
or electroconvulsive therapy
500
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
What is an illness exacerbated by mental health problems?
500
Name one famous individual with schizophrenia that was covered in the presentation
Who is Peter Green, or Lionel Aldridge, or Brian Wilson, or Vincent Van Gogh, or Eduard Einstein, or John Nash, or Syd Barrett