- Accepting a small gift from a patient at discharge.
- Discussing the nurse's personal problems with the patient.
- Referring the patient to a community resource.
- Educating the patient about their medication.
No category found.
- A major depressive episode.
- A manic episode.
- A psychotic break.
- A generalized anxiety attack.
- Force the patient to seek immediate shelter.
- Express disapproval of the patient's choice.
- Provide information on resources and offer support without judgment.
- Threaten to report the partner to authorities.
- Understand the origins of their unconscious conflicts.
- Replace irrational thoughts with more realistic ones.
- Develop new social skills.
- Express repressed emotions.
- Generalized anxiety disorder.
- Panic disorder.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Social phobia.
- Obesity.
- Cardiac arrhythmias.
- Diabetes mellitus.
- Hyperthyroidism.
- Lack of emotional expression.
- Poverty of speech.
- Inability to experience pleasure.
- Disorganized behavior.
- Offering self.
- Giving premature advice.
- Open-ended questions.
- Reflection.
- Always acting in the patient's best interest.
- Treating patients fairly regardless of their diagnosis.
- Avoiding harm to the patient.
- Respecting the patient's choices.
- Ask about the content of the voices and assess for a plan.
- Tell the patient the voices are not real.
- Document the statement and wait for the doctor.
- Distract the patient with a television show.
- Any staff member who asks for it.
- Family members upon their request.
- Members of the healthcare team directly involved in their care.
- The patient's friends.
- Increase the number of psychiatric beds.
- Promote discrimination against individuals with mental illness.
- Challenge negative stereotypes and encourage help-seeking.
- Focus solely on pharmacological treatments.
- Ignore the behavior, as it may calm down.
- Maintain a safe distance and use calm, clear verbal de-escalation techniques.
- Immediately call for physical restraints.
- Confront the patient aggressively to assert control.
- Avoid withdrawal symptoms and prevent relapse.
- Promote weight gain.
- Increase energy levels only.
- Treat unrelated physical ailments.
- "Do you know where you are right now?"
- "What do you think is causing your current problems?"
- "How are you feeling today?"
- "What is the date and time?"
- Arranging for immediate re-hospitalization.
- Ensuring adequate social support and community resources are in place.
- Discouraging medication adherence to foster independence.
- Limiting family involvement in care.
- Legally bind the patient from self-harm.
- Transfer responsibility for safety to the patient.
- Engage the patient in a verbal agreement to seek help when suicidal urges arise.
- Eliminate all suicidal thoughts.
- Confront the patient directly with reality.
- Focus on the underlying emotion rather than the delusion content.
- Argue with the patient to convince them otherwise.
- Humor the patient to build rapport.
- Solely relying on punishment for relapse.
- A multidisciplinary approach including therapy, support groups, and sometimes medication.
- Avoiding all social contact to prevent triggers.
- Limiting access to financial resources.
