Schizophrenia
This term describes when a person creates new words.
What is neologism?
These are nursing interventions that may be included in a plan of care for a client with Alzheimer's disease.
What is Keep a simple, structured environment, take client through tasks one at a time to minimize confusion, stay with a schedule as close as possible, Keep same caregivers as much as possible, allow time to complete activities.
Suicide is not a diagnosis but rather a
What is behavior?
If a client states they plan to harm someone the nurse must respond in this way.
What is reporting the information to the health care team?
This term describes a speech pattern when the client uses rhyming words and phrases.
What is clang association?
A sudden new onset of confusion, that develops rapidly over a short period of time is know as
What is delirium?
When assessing clients for suicidal ideation there may be cues that can be recognized that are related to a plan to prepare for suicide. Noted from the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale these cues could include....
What is collecting pills, obtaining a gun, giving away valuables, writing a note,
Involuntary committed patients do not need to sign a consent for procedures.
What is false? They do need to give permission and sign consents for procedures.
A group of words when put together are random and without any logical connection.
What is word salad?
This major neurocognitive disorder is a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that is severe enough to interfere with social, behavioral, occupational and emotional functioning.
What is dementia?
It comes on slowly from one of the disease processes such as Alzheimer's.
This nursing diagnosis means that a patient is susceptible to harming themselves in a way that could be fatal.
If a client is admitted voluntary or involuntarily and the consent for a procedure such as Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is signed by client they can still change their mind and refuse.
What is True? They are allowed to originally give consent and then change their mind. The MD will need to be notified for further planning and orders as appropriate.
This alteration in thought believes that they are all powerful and important like a god.
What is Delusions of grandeur?
If a client depressed client expresses any type of suicidal ideation the best response by the nurse is this.
What is asking the client directly if they plan to harm themselves and if so do they have a plan?
This neurotransmitter (chemicals in the brain) will likely be increased that plays a part in developing schizophrenia.
What is dopamine?
Repetition of words or phrases that are heard spoken by another such as, "How are you today?", the person repeats them and says "how are you today?"
What is Echolalia?