Anxiety
Recurrent thoughts, impulses, or images experienced as intrusive and stressful
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
Rapid Onset. Confusion. Psychotic symptoms are common. Treatable.
What is Delirium?
priority question after client reports suicidal ideation
What is "do you have a plan"?
For Alzheimer's these can help, but there is no cure
What are antipsychotics, antidepressants, and mood stabilizing medications?
Atypical antipsychotics can be administered for agitation in this Major NCD
What is Lewy Body Dementia?
Chronic, unrealistic, and excessive anxiety and worry
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Med class used for agitation in Alzheimer's
What are antipsychotics?
Occurs one week prior to menses. Affect ones ability to function
What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder?
These are some nursing interventions for obsessive-compulsive disorder
What are discuss triggers and don't distract patient when doing rituals unless it becomes harmful
-pine, -zine, -zole, -done
What are typical suffixes for antipsychotics?
Treatment options for phobias? (list two)
What are Systematic Desensitization and Implosion Therapy?
Major NCD stage where ADLs begin to be affected?
What is Stage 5?
Common neurotransmitter changes in depression (list two)
What are decreased serotonin and decreased norepinephrine?
This is an intervention for clients with PTSD
Validate the patient’s feelings, encourage them to speak about the trauma at their own pace
Common suffixes for antidepressants (name 3)
What are -pram, -line, and -tine?
An acute event perceived by the individual as distressing and in which coping mechanisms and support systems are inadequate to manage the associated anxiety
What is Crisis?
Pt education in vascular dementia
What is smoking and drinking cessation?
List treatments of depression from first to last
What are individual psychotherapy-group therapy-family therapy-cognitive behavioral therapy?
This can decrease episodes of acute confusion in clients with dementia
What are scheduled activities and assigning consistent staff members to care for patients?
A nurse working with a patient who comes to the appointment with tears in her eyes. Pt reports feeling down and hopeless every winter. The nurse can diagnose the patient with this depressive disorder
NONE!!! NURSES CAN'T DIAGNOSE! LOL
Characteristics of Somatic Symptom Disorder (name 3)
What are physical symptoms with no medical cause, increased emotion, persistent thoughts about the seriousness of one’s illness, needs someone to believe them?
Inability to identify objects, sounds, or people using your senses
What is agnosia?
List 3 Suicide Risk Factors
Divorced, age, gender, substance use, highest and lowest socioeconomic status, mental health diagnosis, history of self-harm
During an assessment of a client with Illness Anxiety Disorder, this is important for the nurse to incorporate
What is care from other hospitals?
Symptoms of serotonin syndrome (list 4)
diarrhea, restlessness, agitation, diaphoresis, confusion, hyperreflexia, hypertension, seizures, muscle rigidity, coma