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Bipolar collaborative goal setting is always…

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a balance between depression and hypomania or mania

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Bipolar collaborative goal setting + patients must practice

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Managing symptoms, making healthy decision, grieving what they can not do

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Bipolar collaborative goal setting + nursing interventions are based on…

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the degree of mastery that the patient has acquired

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Acute phase of mania interventions

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-Impose external control to maintain safety
-Provide medication
-Set limits and boundaries

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Continuation phase of mania interventions

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-Prevention of relapse, provide additional resources
-Facilitate medication adherence

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Maintenance phase of mania interventions

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-Minimize frequency and severity of relapse

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NOC for bipolar disorder

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-Decreased risk of harm to self or others
-Realistic self appraisal
-Increased self-care
-Develop healthy coping skills
-Adherence to medications

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Realistic self appraisal

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Seeing oneself as valuable and having realistic expectations of oneself and others

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Develop healthy coping skills

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-Developing accurate perception
-Maintain healthy supports
-Problem solving, conflict resolutions, identifying triggers and behaviors leading to relapse
-Ability to develop a plan and seek help
-MAPD

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Adherence to medications

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-Mood stabilizers
-Other: for the maintenance of good health (i.e. Thyroid medications)

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Nursing interventions for bipolar disorder occur in 3 domains

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Environmental, physiological, and therapeutic communication

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Physiological interventions for bipolar disorder

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Self care: Nutrition, sleep, elimination, attire and medication

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Bipolar disorder labs

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-Therapeutic trough levels for medications
-Kidney function
-BUN, GFR, Urea
-STIs

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Therapeutic communication for bipolar disorder

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-Strengths-based approach
-Maintains healthy boundaries

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Therapeutic communication categories

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-Personal Attributes; how you accept and manage the patient’s and your own emotions
-Communication Skills
-An unfolding process – Your ability to pace the therapeutic interaction and identify what is pertinent

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The purpose of therapeutic communication

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-Build a trusting rapport
-Decrease defensiveness, increase self-esteem
-Manage the consequences of past manic episodes
-Increase the patient’s social and life skills, improve strained relationships

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LEAP approach in therapeutic communication is based on the idea that…

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Building trusting relationships is key to being able to help people heal

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LEAP approach

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-L; listen
-E; empathize
-A; agree, identify the points that the nurse and patient can agree on, make it concrete, needs to be reality-based
-P; partner

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Characteristics of therapeutic communication

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-Honest
-Hopeful; identifying the patient’s strengths
-Resilient; conflict is not taking it personally
-Collaborative
-Mindful

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What therapeutic communication sounds like

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-Calm voice
-Presenting factual information
-Redirecting the patient to focus on the topic

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Health teaching & promotion in bipolar disorder

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-S&S of impending episodes (i.e. vegetative shifts)
-Side effects of medication
-Often collaborative; family, patient & healthcare team

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Environmental interventions in bipolar disorder (overview)

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-Promoting safety through milieu, groups, medication, seclusion & restraints

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Milieu therapy

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-Decrease stimuli
-Include structured activities ie. time for rest & nutrition
-Monitor relationships

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Safety interventions

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-Medication is used to promote long-term stability OR immediate safety and control
-Seclusion reduces stimuli, used when there is substantial risk of harm towards others
-Restraints are a last resort

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Mood stabilizers
-Lithium -Carbamazepine -Valproic acid -Lamotrigine -CVL; anticonvulsants that also act as mood stabilizers
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Medications + older adults
Increased risk for side effects due to decreased liver and renal functioning
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Used in conjunction with mood stabilizers
Antipsychotics and benzodiazepines can be used in conjunction with mood stabilizers to treat symptoms r/t escalation and medical conditions resulting from extended manic episodes
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Lithium MOA
-Generally unknown -Alters the Na+ transport in nerve and muscle cells; explains why the movements of a patient experiencing Lithium toxicity are rigid AND why we monitor for cardiac arrhythmias
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Lithium MOA cont'd
-Increases NE uptake and serotonin receptor sensitivity -Use caution if the patient is also prescribed medications that decrease serotonin reuptake
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Lithium dose
-Appropriate dose is calculated based on weight and benefit for the patient -Initial dose is sub-therapeutic and the dose is slowly increased until a therapeutic level is reached
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Lithium: Other information
-Metabolized in the liver & excreted through the kidneys -Is a salt, so therapeutic levels can be altered by fluid and nutritional intake
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Lithium interactions
-ACE I -Diuretics -Haldol; increased neurotoxicity without increasing the serum levels of Lithium -NSAIDS; may decrease the renal clearance of Lithium; toxicity
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Lithium side effects
-GI, pancreatitis, lethargy, weight gain, edema -Tremor, sore throat, fever, rash, alopecia, jaundice -Birth defects; epstein's anomaly
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Lithium implications for nursing
-Monitor salt and fluid intake, ins & outs -CBC -Assess for aMental status, gait, and flu-like symptoms -Respiratory & suicide assessment
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Lithium expected adverse effects
-<0.4-1.0mEq/L -Hand tremor, polyuria, thirst, nausea, weight gain -Symptoms start when dosing changes and reside in 2-3 weeks, start on low dose
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Lithium early signs of toxicity
-<1.5mEq/L -Hand tremor, polyuria, thirst, N/V, diarrhea, lethargy, slurred speech & muscle weakness -Hold medications, get Li+ levels -Rehydrate PRN
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Lithium advanced signs of toxicity
-1.5-2.0mEq/L -Coarse hand tremor, GI upset, confusion, sedation, incoordination, muscle hyperirritability & electroencephalographic changes -Hold medications, get Li+ levels -Rehydrate PRN -Assess fall risk & MSE
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Lithium severe signs of toxicity
-2.0-2.5 mEq/L -Ataxia, aVision, confusion, large output of dilute urine, hypotension, seizures, clonic movements, pulmonary complications & serious electroencephalographic changes -Stop medication, IV fluids, administer emetic if pt is alert, maybe hemodialysis
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Carbamazepine & valproic acid MOA
-Release and reuptake of serotonin, NE, GABA, dopamine, & glutamate -Presence of GABA increases the number of receptors for these medications -Antikindling properties
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Antikindling properties
Decrease sensitivity of nerve cells to electrical stimulation occurring in ion channels
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Carbamazepine & valproic acid dose
-Based on weight
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Carbamazepine & valproic acid: Other information
-Metabolized in the liver, excreted through the kidneys -Binds to protein -Easily crosses into the CNS -Shorter half life; frequent dosing to avoid side effects
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Carbamazepine & valproic acid: Interactions
-PO contraceptives & anticoagulants -TCAs -Acetaminophen
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Carbamazepine & valproic acid side effects
-GI (even if enteracoated), pancreatitis, tremor, lethargy, weight gain -Alopecia, jaundice (d/t increased liver enzymes and may lead to agranulocytosis) -Sore throat, fever, rash -Birth defects (spina bifida)
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Adverse drug reaction with carbamazepine & valproic acid: Steven Johnson Syndrome
-Rash similar to hives begin on the person’s trunk -Open sores appear on mucosal membranes -The nurse needs to observe for Steven Johnson Syndrome specifically with Lamictal; however, it can happen with any drug (i.e. Tylenol, Ibuprofen). It is like an allergic reaction
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Carbamazepine & valproic acid implications for nursing
-Fluids, CBC -Assess for muscle rigidity & HTN, ins & outs -Respiratory & suicide assessment
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Carbamazepine & valproic acid: Managing toxicity
-Discontinue the medication, notify physician -Manage S&S
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Evaluation of mania
-VSS -Attend to ADLs, consistent sleep/wake cycle -The patient and family understand the diagnosis and implications on the well-being -Med adherence -Stable employment, healthy relationships
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Physical restraint
-Brief period of time, in order to restore calm to the individual -Does not refer to holding a person to apply a mechanical restraint
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Acute control medication (Chemical) restraint
Psychotropic medication as an immediate response to control agitation or aggression
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Seclusion
A person is placed in a room that confines them
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Mechanical restraint
Either able or unable to ambulate
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Physical restraints are..
Less traumatic than other restraint forms in children
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In adults, before restraining
-De-escalation -Chemical restraints used before mechanical
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In older adults, restraints
-Consideration for fall risk and co-morbid diagnoses such as arthritis, osteoporosis, skin integrity, and delirium/dementia
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Nursing responsibilities + restraints
-Some require immediate informed decisions, most develop over a long period of time and a 5 step framework can be used to make a decision regarding usage of restraints
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Nursing responsibilities: Care planning (ADPIE, kind of)
-1.Observe -2.Detective work -3.Consider options and make a decision -4.Implement the plan -5.Monitor and review the plan
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Physical risks of restraints
-Functional decline, incontinence -Decrease circulation, pressure ulcers, nerve damage
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Psychosocial risks of restraints
-R/t feelings -Withdraw from therapeutic relationship
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Restraint risks for staff
-Physical injury, emotional consequences -Fractured team -Legal repercussions
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Restraint risks for co-patients and visitors
-Physical injury, emotional trauma, confusion -Negative impact on relationships -Destabilize current health status

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