Sensory Perception and Cognition
This nursing intervention for a patient with schizophrenia permits a set amount of time for a patient to discuss their symptoms while permitting the nurse more time to discuss every day and reality based topics with the patient.
What is setting limits?
This is the color of my red Jeep.
What is red?
These types of pain medications are typically not given to a patient suffering from this type of addiction.
What is opioid addiction?
Purging and overuse of diuretics can lead to this condition in patient's with bulimia nervosa.
What is hypokalemia?
The day next week on which the final will be held.
What is Tuesday?
This antipsychotic medication used to treat schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations, delusions, and hostility, may help to clear a patient's thoughts.
What is risperidone?
The minimum score necessary to pass this class.
What is 75%
A priority intervention when applying the nursing process approach to patient care after a patient commits suicide.
What are identifying cues and warning signs in the patient's behavior?
Setting a specific time and duration of meals can have this effect on a patient with anorexia nervosa.
What is decrease the patient's anxiety?
The first college degree I earned was in this major.
What is accounting?
A patient experiencing auditory hallucinations should be asked this follow-up question.
What are the voices telling you?
Decreased circulation is one condition that could lead to the development of this type of injury.
What is a pressure injury?
A nurse walking with a patient experiencing anxiety and listening to them is exhibiting these forms of therapeutic communication.
What are empathy and offering self?
Using Maslow's Hierarchy, this priority intervention meets the patient's physiological need for food and fluids.
What is attaining a weight greater than the 75th percentile for the patient's age and height?
Wandering behavior in a dementia patient is typically a sign of this.
What are unmet needs?
(Keeping personal belongings near the patient or ensuring toileting can be examples of interventions to reduce this)
Visual hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and tremors are all signs of this potentially life threatening condition.
What is alcohol withdrawal delirium?
A patient with cellulitis should be encouraged to use this topical treatment daily.
What is wash with antibacterial soap?
This antianxiety medication has common side effects of sedation and drowsiness.
What is alprazolam?
Giving away cherished possessions, talking about their death, expressing feelings of worthlessness are all signs of this.
What is suicidal ideation?
This behavior in a schizophrenic patient manifests as the patient believing that events around them refer to them personally.
What are ideas of reference?
This type of hallucination in a schizophrenic patient poses the greatest safety risk to the patient and others.
What are command hallucinations?
A patient who presents with a small, pearly, translucent, shiny, nodule on their nose should be suspected of having this.
What is basal cell carcinoma?
Priority assessment after the ABC's of a patient suffering from alcohol abuse withdrawal.
What is level of orientation/disorientation?
This form of therapeutic communication, rather than reorientation, shows respect for the patient's reality and redirects the patient by encouraging them to talk about their feelings.
What is validation?
This therapeutic communication technique encourages patient dialogue by asking a question referring to a statement the patient has made.
What is restating?
This acute organic mental disorder is characterized by abrupt onset over hours to days and may manifest as rapid behavioral changes.
What is delirium?
A patient with malignant melanoma manifesting as a superficial lesion should expect this type of intervention.
What is surgical excision?
This pattern of behavior in a patient's history may indicate a greater risk for suicide attempt.
What is impulsivity?
Inability to perform common tasks and wandering behavior are all potential signs of the moderate stage of this disease.
What is Alzheimer's disease?
These findings are typically found in 97% of patients with depressive disorder.
What are lack of energy and passivity?
A patient with early dementia is refusing to take their morning medications. Before making a judgement on the patient's competence it is important that the nurse take this step.
Lactic dehydrogenase and aminotransferase testing can be used to detect this in a patient with malignant melanoma.
What is metastasis?
This form of therapeutic communication responds to the patient's feelings and permits the process of exploring how to deal with them more effectively.
What is clarifying feelings?
Increased feelings of anger and irritability, and being easily startled by loud voices are potential manifestations of this condition.
What is PTSD?
Using Maslow's Hierarchy, this would be the primary assessment for a schizophrenic patient who appears unkempt and mumbling to themself after ABC's have been assessed.
What are physical health needs?