- Administer a PRN sedative.
- Call for immediate security assistance.
- Approach the patient calmly and offer to talk in a quiet area.
- Ignore the behavior, hoping it will de-escalate on its own.
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- Encourage families to take full responsibility for the patient's recovery.
- Teach families how to administer medications intravenously.
- Reduce family stigma and improve coping strategies.
- Promote co-dependency within the family unit.
- Fluoxetine (Prozac)
- Lithium (Lithobid)
- Haloperidol (Haldol)
- Alprazolam (Xanax)
- Reorient the patient to reality by challenging the flashback.
- Encourage the patient to "talk through" the traumatic memory.
- Help the patient return to the present by engaging their senses.
- Leave the patient alone to process the experience.
- The patient's social support network.
- The method used in the suicide attempt and immediate plans.
- The patient's childhood experiences.
- The patient's financial situation.
- The absence of any mental illness.
- A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
- The ability to cope with daily stressors and maintain productivity.
- Genetic predisposition to emotional stability.
- Confront the patient directly about their manipulative behavior.
- Establish clear boundaries and consistently enforce unit rules.
- Allow the patient some flexibility to build trust.
- Document the behavior and report it to the physician only.
- Subjective statements made by the patient only.
- Only objective observations and measurable outcomes.
- A combination of objective observations, subjective reports, and nursing interventions.
- Opinions and interpretations of the patient's behavior.
- Major depressive disorder.
- Anorexia nervosa.
- Bulimia nervosa.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- The right to refuse all medications under any circumstances.
- The right to immediate discharge upon request.
- The right to receive treatment in the least restrictive environment.
- The right to deny communication with family members indefinitely.
- "That's not possible; the government doesn't spy on people."
- "It must be frightening to feel that way."
- "Why do you think the government is spying on you?"
- "Let's turn off the television, then."
- Explore unconscious conflicts and childhood experiences.
- Identify and modify distorted thought patterns and maladaptive behaviors.
- Achieve self-actualization and personal growth.
- Gain insight into their interpersonal relationships.
- Increased sensitivity to cold.
- Increased risk of sunburn and heatstroke.
- Decreased need for fluids.
- Hypersensitivity to certain foods.
- Generalized anxiety disorder.
- Major depressive disorder.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Panic disorder.
- Evaluation of interventions.
- Implementation of interventions.
- Planning of care.
- Medical consultation.
- Insisting on immediate abstinence from all substances.
- Focusing solely on treating the infection, ignoring drug use.
- Providing education on safer injection practices and overdose prevention.
- Discharging the patient once the infection is controlled.
- Higher doses due to increased metabolism.
- Lower doses due to slower metabolism and increased sensitivity.
- The same dose regardless of age.
- A different class of antidepressant.
- Administering medication precisely as prescribed.
- Maintaining professional boundaries and objectivity at all times.
- Using one's personality and communication skills to build rapport and facilitate healing.
- Strictly adhering to all hospital policies and procedures.
- Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs).
- Benzodiazepines.
- Antipsychotic medications.
- Mood stabilizers.
