- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Hypertensive crisis
Category: BS Nursing
- Allow the member to continue, as it shows engagement
- Politely interrupt, acknowledge their contribution, and invite others to share
- Confront the member aggressively
- End the group session early
- Wearing a surgical mask only
- Using alcohol-based hand sanitizer before and after patient contact
- Washing hands with soap and water before and after patient contact
- Wearing a gown and gloves only
- Antidepressants
- Benzodiazepines
- Opioids
- Antipsychotics
- Agree with the hallucination to build rapport
- Challenge the hallucination directly
- Acknowledge their experience, but reorient them to reality (e.g., "I don't see anyone, but I can see you're distressed")
- Ignore the behavior completely
- Mood and affect
- Personality traits
- Cognitive function (e.g., orientation, memory, attention)
- Physical dexterity
- Routine; can wait until morning rounds
- Moderate; can be managed with over-the-counter pain relievers
- High; requires immediate medical evaluation and imaging
- Low; likely a tension headache
- Ask the patient to transfer themselves
- Ensure the wheelchair is unlocked and far from the bed
- Use a gait belt and ensure the wheelchair is locked and positioned correctly
- Have the patient stand up quickly
- Encourage consumption of leafy green vegetables
- Limit intake of foods high in Vitamin K
- Increase intake of grapefruit juice
- Avoid all dairy products
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
