Exam 1 Flashcards
Mental illness
Significant dysfunction in mental functioning, definable diagnosis
Resilience
Adaptation
Ability to access resources to promote well-being
Optimism
Mastery
Competence
3 As
Anxious
Anger
Aggressive
If you don’t deal with the previous one you might have the next
Protective factors for mental health and well being
Things that keep us going such as a family member or pet
Risk factors for mental health and well being
Things that make you at risk of killing yourself (engaging in dangerous activity like drinking for a while)
Warning signs for mental health and well being
Leads to risk factors, like saying you’re thinking of going back to drinking or saying you started again
Diathesis-stress model
Diathesis— biological predisposition like neurotransmitters or viruses during birth can increase risk for schizophrenia
Stress—environmental stress or trauma (outside environment)
Most accepted explanation for mental illness
NAMI and SAMHSA
NAMI: Support for patients and families
SAMHSA: people seek to live their full potential (substance abuse mental health society)
2 important components on mental health
Mental health is part of overall health
There exists effective mental health treatments
Human genome project
Identify genes and sequences, store information and analytic tools, address ethical, legal, and social issues
Most psych disorders result from mutated or defective genes
President’s new freedom commission on mental health
Goals for transforming US mental health system
Understanding that mental health is essential to overall health
Mental health care is consumer and family driven
Used to be patient driven and so slow
Early screenings and technology are important
Institute of medicine (IOM)
Now called national academy of medicine (NAM)
Improving quality of healthcare for mental and substance use conditions quality chasm series
If you had substance abuse history and mental illness, they wouldnt treat the substance abuse. This report allowed both to happen
Identified treatments and gaps
Highly educated nurses care for diverse populations with chronic conditions
Mental health parity act
Parity for mental health just like medicine
Wellstone-domenici party act
Based on volume of employees (50), we don’t have to cover mental health costs for substance abuse as well as mental
Patient protection and affordable care act
Coverage for everyone
Most common mental illnesses
Depression
Generalized anxiety
Panic disorder
3 studies we do for people with mental disorders
Natural history of illness (diathesis stress model, environment, did they meet all their milestones)
Diagnostic screening tests
Intervention
Results of mental disorder studies are used to describe the frequency of
Mental disorders
Symptoms appearing together (depression with cardiac disease and breast cancer)
Most patients who undergo bypass surgery develop depression
DSM-V
Diagnostic manual, categorized. By disorders occurring from youngest to oldest, and disorders related to one another
ICD-10-CM
International classification of disorders
Basic vs advanced nursing care
Basic: nursing graduate, can seek certification as part of professional development
Advanced: CNS and NP, certification or licensure—therapy, may have prescription privileges
CNS vs NP
CNS focuses more on education whereas NP focuses more on medical aspect and prescribing
Psych care in the 1860s
Has roots in the asylums before the civil war era
Psych care in the 1950s
Private psych/mental hospital—first antipsychotic med (thorazine, chlorpromazine)
Psych care in the 1960s
Medicare and medicaid with no funding of psych care, started to fund it
Psych care in 1999
Olmstead decision
Deinstutionalization. People would buy homes and turn them into residential treatment places. Not every neighborhood allowed this which lead to homelessness. Shelters were bad so people preferred being on the street
Psych care in 2016
Drop in psych hospitals
1st psych asylum and 1st psych hospital
500-1500AD (also when mentally ill were sick not posessed)
18th century by dr benjamin rush
Enlightenment in the late 18th to early 19th century
Dignity of psych patients upheld
Asylum movement
Study of mind and mental illness in the late 19th century
Studies and treatment approaches flourished
Development of CMHC
Least restrictive alternative evolved
CMHC’s act
Patients treated in familiar surroundings
Homelessness was linked to deinstitutionalization
Least to most restrictive care (11)
PCP
Specialty psych providers
Patient centered medical homes
Community mental health centers
Psych home care/personal recovery programs
Assertive community treatment
Intensive outpatient programs/partial hospitalization
Emergency care
Crisis stabilization units
General and private hospitals
State hospitals
Patient centered medical homes
Not actually in the home
Building with entire healthcare team
Psych home care/personal recovery programs
PROS for consistent outpatient treatment but patients not as high functioning
Do very well in recovery program
5 days a week, 6-7 hours
Nurses go in and out of homes and do assessments to see if patients can stay out of the hospital
ACT
Case manager program for patients once they are discharged
Nurse becomes case manager and consult with doctor/NP about how patient is doing
Someone goes into patient’s environment 2-3 times a week
More intensive
Usually not admitted to hospital but this method isn’t very common because of low funding
Intensive outpatient programs
2-3 days a week
5-6 hours a day
Partial hospitalization
5 days a week, 5-6 hours a day for patients who aren’t a danger but aren’t completely well
Go from this to intensive outpatient to community clinic to see doc/therapist. Most intensive care after hospital
Hospital based consultant model
Consultants (NP or psychiatrist) are called to see whether they should be admitted to inpatient or outpatient psych
What to ask with manic bipolar patients
How did you sleep?
Psych and medical emergencies
First on scene! DON’T LEAVE THE ROOM!! Seamless transition between you and mental health worker
Team comes in and may ask you to step aside but don’t leave
CPI needed to deescalation
Take valuables away IN FRONT OF PATIENT
Code gray
Somatic therapy
Patient has pain and we treat them because they are discomforts
What does a therapeutic milieu do
Should be purposeful and planned to provide safety
Provide interaction and communication among patients and personnel
Provide testing ground for new behavior while patients take responsibility for their behavior
Provide consistent limit setting
Patients stay in the dayroom a lot
Tries to mimic the outside world!
NPR only + weak milieu - meds
Decompensation when patients don’t receive meds
Possibility of decompensation to pre treatment state with bad milieu
Meds only
Custodial care only
Milieu only
Patient is de-emphasized
Meds + NPR - milieu
patient fends for themselves
Occurs with lack of leadership (weak head nurse)
Many staff avoid patient contact
Unit activities have irregular schedule and don’t contribute to overall unit philosophy
Meds + milieu - NPR
Ineffective nursing care
Other disciplines must make up for ineffective nursing care so pt can improve
Anger vs aggression vs violence
Anger is an emotion
Aggression is an action in response to anger
Violence is full action, came from the person who made them feel that way
One leads to the next
Limbic system and amygdala
Limbic system is emotions
Amygdala mediates anger
Helps remember emotions
Prefrontal cortex
Executive function, usually altered in psych patients
This and the temporal lobe light up when a patient is angry
Chemical imbalance in people who imitate others (social learning theory)
Excess dopamine
Risk factors of violence
HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
Substance use
Increasing hyperactivity
Verbal abuse, loud voice, silence
Possession of weapon
Intense eye contact
Increased simulation, poor boundaries and structures
Cognitive deficits
If someone cowers down and tries to look invisible
Possible abuse history
Inpatient factors in angry/aggressive patient interventions
Nurses who are respectful and empathetic for patients are more likely to succeed in diffusing situation
Confusion/anger r/t behavior of other patients (disputes over food or cigs)
Aversive stimulation
Over/under stimulation
Outpatient factors in angry/aggressive patient interventions
Usually s/s are stabilized so these incidents aren’t common
Important for a nurse to stress the need for treatment compliance (meds, program attendance, etc) to avoid relapses and situations
Timeline of restraints
Can put them on without order in emergency situation but need order within 30 mins (by 3rd year NP)
Skin integrity q15 mins
ROM needs to be done in opposites (LA, RL, RA, LL)
After 2 hours debrief with patient and renew order
Q24 hours debrief for 72 hours (3 chances)
Take their word for it, share what you saw if they ask
Check nutrition and hydration
Circulation in extremities
VS
Elimination and hygiene
Physical and psychological status and comfort
Contraindications of restraints
Pregnancy
Sleep apnea
Fracture
Seizure disorder
Head injury
Nursing responsibilities for seclusion
Must break seclusion q2h
Must observe and document q15m
Physical needs must be met
Monitor BP
What to do after incident
OMH incident report
Huddle with staff (review incident, what did we do good and bad, plan moving forward)
How to confront patient about discrepancies
Perception check:
Describe inconsistent or confusing behavior
Offer at least 2 possible interpretations
Ask for feedback
Ethics
The study of philosophical beliefs about what is considered right or wrong in a society
Bioethics
Used in relation to ethical dilemmas surrounding healthcare