Ethical Principles
Obligation to do good
Beneficence
An assessment tool for which a score of 7 or above would indicate the need for hospitalization for suicidality
SAD PERSONS
This disorder is characterized by anxiety-relieving activities such as frequent handwashing
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
A person with this personality disorder evades all social situations, fears rejection, has extreme shyness, and is socially withdrawn
Avoidant personality disorder
What patients taking MAOIs should avoid in their diet
Do no harm
Non-maleficence
Individuals in this age range are at highest risk of suicide
Elderly 85+
A disorder in which someone experiences 15-30 minutes of rapid, intense, escalating anxiety without an environmental trigger
Panic disorder
A personality disorder characterized by dramatic, attention-seeking behavior, often using physical appearance to get attention
Histrionic personality disorder
The high priority nursing diagnosis for someone who wants to hurt other people
Risk for other-directed violence
Obligation to be fair
Justice
A type of crisis characterized by natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and crimes
Adventitious
A diagnosis defined by excessive worry for more than six months
Generalized anxiety disorder
This personality disorder is characterized by someone who is a perfectionist, preoccupied with rules, order, and details, who desires to be in control of situations
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
A procedure that may be used for treatment-resistant major depression
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Obligation to be faithful
Fidelity
Risk for suicide increases as this mental health symptom decreases with psychotropic medication therapy
Depression
Fears that may include being in open spaces, leaving home, or being in crowded places
Agoraphobia
A person with this personality disorder has a tendency for violence, lacks guilt, and a disregard for others
Bipolar I disorder
The ethical violation that results when a nurse fails to maintain professional boundaries with a client by getting overinvolved in the client's care
Boundary blurring
A type of crisis characterized by movement through life stages such as empty-nest syndrome
Maturational
A disorder characterized by recurrent, intrusive thoughts of a traumatic event causing symptoms months after the event takes place
Post-traumatic stress disorder
People with this personality disorder are emotionally detached, disinterested in others, and not interested in praise or criticism
Schizoid personality disorder
A disorder characterized by hypomanic episodes alternating with minor depressive episodes for at least 2 years in duration
Cyclothymia