- Encourage consumption of leafy green vegetables
- Limit intake of foods high in Vitamin K
- Increase intake of grapefruit juice
- Avoid all dairy products
Category: Clinical Practicum
- Opioid withdrawal
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome
- Hypoglycemia
- Hand them a tissue and say nothing
- Offer a brief, empathetic statement, and allow them space to compose themselves
- Tell them to stop crying and pull themselves together
- Change the subject to something lighter
- Flush the tube with 60 mL of sterile water
- Crush all medications together and mix with juice
- Elevate the head of the bed to at least 30-45 degrees
- Clamp the tube immediately after medication administration
- Speak louder and slower in English
- Use a professional medical interpreter to translate instructions
- Provide written instructions only in English
- Ask the patient's child to translate
- Schedule their next appointment for a month later
- Follow up frequently to assess for escalating risk and plan adherence, and involve supervisor/team
- Assume the safety plan has eliminated all risk
- Disclose the information to all their friends and family
- Perform a head-to-toe assessment
- Call for a rapid response team/code blue and initiate basic life support
- Obtain a detailed history from the family
- Document the event in the patient's chart
- "Patient seems sad and withdrawn."
- "Patient states, 'I feel like crying,' and maintains minimal eye contact."
- "Patient has a negative attitude."
- "Patient is experiencing melancholia."
- Join one side of the argument to de-escalate
- Allow them to continue arguing until they resolve it
- Intervene to set boundaries, encourage respectful communication, or call a brief pause
- Terminate the session immediately
- Administer an oral antihistamine
- Monitor for further symptoms
- Administer epinephrine via auto-injector (if available and trained) or call for immediate medical assistance
- Provide a glass of water
- Maintain confidentiality as requested
- Inform your supervisor immediately, as client safety overrides confidentiality in this case
- Advise the patient to tell someone else
- Document the secret in a separate, locked file
- Your educational background
- A clear power dynamic
- Trust and rapport
- The patient's financial status
- The patient is sleeping soundly; continue to monitor
- Respiratory depression; administer naloxone as per protocol/order and notify physician
- The patient has a viral infection; provide fluids
- The patient is experiencing a pain flare; administer more opioid
- Advise them to ignore the discrimination
- Suggest they find a new job immediately
- Acknowledge their experience, validate their feelings, and explore support systems or advocacy options
- Tell them that everyone faces challenges at work
- Initiate CPR until a physician arrives
- Respect the DNR order and provide comfort care
- Call a code blue and begin resuscitation
- Ask the family for clarification on the DNR order
- Tell them to calm down and just get it over with
- Explain the procedure quickly and proceed with the venipuncture
- Pause, acknowledge their fear, and teach/guide them through deep breathing exercises
- Walk away and ask another colleague to draw the blood
- Document the error meticulously
- Notify the physician, prepare emergency medications (e.g., epinephrine), and monitor the patient for anaphylaxis
- Monitor the patient for a few hours before reporting
- Inform the patient that it was a minor mistake
- The medication will immediately alleviate all symptoms
- It may take several weeks (e.g., 2-4 weeks) to experience the full antidepressant effect
- The medication will only work if taken with food
- It will only work if combined with sedative medications
