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Crisis Flashcards

1
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How long does a crisis typically last for?

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4-6 weeks

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What is the most critical intervention for a patient in a crisis?

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What do you need from me right now

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How is a crisis described?

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When event or circumstances overwhelms individual’s ability to resolve or process the event.

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What are the characteristics of a crisis?

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  • Experience a sudden event with little or no time to prepare
  • Perception of the event as overwhelming or life-threatening
  • Loss or decrease in communication with significant others
  • Sense of displacement from the familiar
  • An actual or perceived loss
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What are the factors that influence a crisis?

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  • Persons perception of the event
  • The availability of emotional support
  • The availability of adequate coping mechanisms
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What are the three types of crisis?

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  • Situational
  • Maturational
  • Adventitious
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What are the risk factors for a crisis?

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  • Accumulation of unresolved losses
  • Current life stressors
  • Concurrent mental and physical health issues
  • Excessive fatigue or pain
  • Age and developmental stage
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What are the clinical manifestations of a crisis?

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  • Difficulty problem solving
  • Disorganized thought process
  • Difficulty processing information
  • Disorientation, vulnerability
  • Increased tension, helplessness
  • Fearfulness, sense of being overwhelmed
  • Hypervigilance
  • Fight of flight response
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In some cultures what may be considered a weakness?

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Signs of:

  • Pain
  • Sorrow
  • Fear
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Older adults may resist expressing what types of emotions?

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Negative emotions

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You should encourage children to express what?

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Express and verbalize feelings or thoughts

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What types of medical needs should immediately be addressed when a patient is experiencing a crisis?

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  • Pain following injury
  • Threat of infection
  • Sleep disturbance
  • Anxiety or depression
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What types of pharmacologic therapies could be given for a patient experiencing a crisis?

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Antianxiety and antidepressant medications

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What nonpharmacologic therapies could be done for a patient in a crisis?

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  • Therapeutic communication
  • Remain with client
  • Provide for safety
  • Use strategies to decrease anxiety
  • Teach relaxation techniques
  • Identify and teach coping skills
  • Crisis intervention
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What is involved in a crisis intervention?

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  • Short term helping process
  • Assist client to recognize, work through crisis
  • Restore at least precrisis level of functioning
  • Includes various members of support network and professionals from a variety of specialties
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When is a temporary relocation called for when a patient is in a crisis?

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  • When they need assistance in finding a shelter

- Clients who are homeless are subject to abuse

17
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What alternative therapies are used for a patient undergoing a crisis?

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  • Holistic approach; connection between mind, body and spirit
  • Prayer for self and others
18
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What individual assessment is done for a patient undergoing a crisis?

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  • Client’s safety and safety of others
  • Assess ability to process info
  • Assess physical condition
  • Client’s residence and coping style
  • Precipitating events
  • Situational supports
  • Client’s perceptions of the crisis
  • Any guilt a disaster survivor may feel.
19
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What is involved in the family assessment when someone is undergoing a crisis?

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  • Trauma reverberates through entire family

- Meet with family members

20
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What is involved in the community assessment when someone is undergoing a crisis?

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Assess basic and support resources

21
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What is involved in the sociocultural assessment when someone is undergoing a crisis?

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  • Client’s culture influences interpretation of and response to an event
  • Affects crisis intervention
22
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What should be involved in the evaluation of a patient undergoing a crisis?

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  • Client determines strengths, resources available to assist with crisis management
  • Client accurately perceives, describes events
  • Client creates a plan of action for coping
  • Client verbalizes feeling of control over managing the crisis

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