Mental Health Condition
This is the most common mental health condition in the U.S.
Common features include: Persistent and excessive fear/worry in situations that are non- threatening
What is Anxiety Disorder
What are benzodiazepines ?
Treatment involved brain stimulation and is used for treatment resistant depression
What is Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
This should be documented after interventions such as de-escalation techniques or medication administration for agitation
In the hospital setting, this type of precaution is implemented for patients who may harm themselves
What are suicide precautions
The health concerns do not discriminate be specialty and are prevalent throughout all nursing practice environments.
What are Mental Health conditions
This class of medications is often used to help stabilize mood swings in patients with bipolar disorder
What are mood stabilizers?
These members of the healthcare team are often consulted to assist with medication management and mental health treatment planning
Who are psychiatry or behavioral health specialist
This type of documentation includes exact patient statements placed in quotation marks
what are direct quotes?
This preventable hospital acquired condition is characterized by acute confusion, fluctuating levels of consciousness, and impaired attention. Often leading to a patients increased risk for falls or injury
What is delirium
Leading cause of disability.
It is a past oriented emotion, with a focus on past mistakes or negative experiences.
Drowsiness, Extrapyramidal effects, sexual dysfunction, sensitivity to sunlight, dry mouth, weight gain, and orthostatic hypotension.
What are side effects to antipsychotics.
The goal of benzodiazepines or antipsychotics in severe agitation
This assessment is essential when caring for a patient experiencing acute mental health symptoms and includes risk for harm to themselves or others
What is a suicide risk assessment
When a patient becomes increasingly agitated, nurses should prioritize this intervention before considering restraints or medications whenever possible
What is verbal De-escalation
Characterized by dramatic shifts in mood, energy and mental clarity
What is Bipolar Disorder
What is important to monitor When giving sedative medications
No Cheese, No Red meat, no red wine.
What is Education for patients taking MAOIs
This is due to the reaction of the medications with Tyramine.
Nurse Charts "patient is pacing, yelling, clenching fists, and threatening staff"
What is objective description charting.
Name 5 items that should be removed from a suicidal patients room
BP cuff, Telemetry wires, shower curtain, room curtain, phone, call light, chair, trashcan, any plastic bags, all drawers in room should be locked.
Life long condition characterized by difficulty thinking, thinking clearly, managing emotions, and decision making skills.
5 different types: paranoid, catatonic, disorganized, undifferentiated, and residual.
What is schizophrenia
How many different generations of antipsychotics are there available
What are 1st Generations and 2nd Generation Antipsychotics.
This therapeutic communication technique involves acknowledge a patient's feelings without reinforcing delusions or hallucinations
What is validation or therapeutic communication
This term describes a patients outward emotional expression observed by the nurse
What is Affect
What are expressions of hopelessness, sudden withdrawal or isolation, and talking about wanting to die or hurting themselves.