- Apply physical restraints
- Lock all doors on the unit
- Identify triggers for wandering and provide alternative, safe activities or structured engagement
- Administer a sedative to keep them in bed
No category found.
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)
- Tardive Dyskinesia
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Hypertensive Crisis
- Inform the patient that you are fine
- Wash the exposed area thoroughly with soap and water, report the incident, and follow institutional post-exposure protocol
- Document the incident later in the day
- Cover the wound with a bandage and continue working
- Dismiss their fears and tell them it's a routine surgery
- Acknowledge their anxiety, provide factual information, and offer relaxation techniques
- Tell them to pray and trust the doctors
- Advise them to cancel the surgery
- Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
- Signs, Outcomes, Actions, Progress
- Symptoms, Observations, Aims, Procedures
- Standard, Objective, Analysis, Presentation
- Myocardial Infarction
- Aortic Dissection
- Pneumonia
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Obtain consent from the patient anyway
- Obtain consent from the patient's family members only
- Ensure the patient has the capacity to understand and make a decision, or seek alternative consent from a legal guardian/proxy
- Proceed with the procedure without consent
- Long-acting beta-agonist (LABA)
- Inhaled corticosteroid
- Short-acting beta-agonist (SABA)
- Oral antibiotic
- Personality disorders
- Cognitive impairment
- Mood disorders
- Substance use disorders
- Medication non-adherence
- Fluid volume overload
- Acute kidney injury
- Hypoglycemia
- Take the temperature immediately
- Wait 15-30 minutes before taking the temperature
- Take a rectal temperature instead
- Add 2 degrees to the reading
- Normal side effects of Lithium
- Lithium toxicity
- Onset of a new viral infection
- Hypoglycemia
- 15 degrees
- 30 degrees
- 45 degrees
- 90 degrees
- Maintain confidentiality as per general client-therapist privilege
- Report to the appropriate child protective services agency
- Advise the client to seek legal counsel
- Encourage the client to stop the behavior on their own
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Hypertensive crisis
- At least 1 inch (2.5 cm)
- At least 2 inches (5 cm)
- No more than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
- At least 4 inches (10 cm)
- 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
- Antidepressants
- Benzodiazepines
- Opioids
- Antipsychotics
- 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
