Name that Medical Diagnosis
Excessive fixation with having or acquiring an illness
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
Partial or total loss of memory
Amnesia
A patient asks if you want to feel the baby kick. This patient is not pregnant. What technique is most appropriate?
Explore feelings
Identify needs being met through the "sick" role
The goal is to help patients develop healthy and adaptive behaviors. What is the treatment?
Individual psychotherapy
Who are the University of Arizona mascots?
Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat
Generally presents with complaints of nausea, weight gain, change in menstrual cycle, and subjective quickening.
What is pseudocyesis?
Something without a known pathophysiological mechanism that causes an individual distress or impairment
Somatic symptom
A patient diagnosed with conversion disorder begins to complain of vague stroke-like symptoms. Choose a therapeutic response?
Identify primary gains of the physical symptom
Maintain non-judgmental attitude
Encourage verbalization of fears and anxieties
This is generally used to treat underlying depression or anxiety in patients who also experience SSDs or Dissociative disorders
Old Main
Two or more distinctive personalities often brought on by severe stress
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
Loss of recall associated with a traumatic even or the time period around an event
Localized Amnesia
A patient diagnosed with DID begins to speak and act like a child. What therapeutic communication techniques are appropriate?
Explore the need the child-like personality serves
Identify the trigger/situation that caused the transition
Help the patient recognize the importance of an integrated, unified identity
Ideal for somatic symptom disorders because it helps patients share feelings and normalize experiences
Group therapy
What is the Arizona state bird?
What is Factitious Disorder?
Change in or loss of a body function such as weakness/paralysis, speech changes, seizures.
Conversion Disorder
A patient with SSD tells the RN about a pain in their chest. What therapeutic response would you provide?
Assess the pain as if it were physiological in origin
Identify gains that the physical symptom is providing
Provide medication as ordered but minimize time given to the physical complaint
This is helpful for reducing symptoms in patients with SSDs and generally rewards autonomy and independence.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
What year did Arizona become a state?
1912
What is Dissociative Fugue?
A disturbance in the perception of oneself
Depersonalization
The patient with a previous cancer diagnosis insists they feel a lump under their skin. Provide a therapeutic response.
Identify fears related to symptoms of cancer
Provide a limited amount of time to discuss the fear/symptom
Integration
(many patients choose to instead ensure resolution or smooth collaboration between subpersonalities since integration is a lengthy therapy process)
Who is the Dean of the College of Nursing?
Dean Ahn