Final Flashcards
Mental status exam tests what 6
appearance, mood, behavior, speech, judgement, cognition
Mini MSE tests 5
orientation, registration, attention, recall, language
Mini cog assessment
3 words to remember
draw clock
repeat three words
When is it depression 4
rapid mental decline, difficulty concentrating, language and motor slow but working, notices or worries about memory problems.
One thing to remember about depression and NCD
CD can be exacerbated by depression. Want to treat this early
What happens in the pre-interaction phase
obtain information and evaluate owns feelings
What happens in the orientation phase?
establish trust, contract for intervention, assess, nursing diagnosis, goals, plan, feelings
what happens in the working phase
promote growth, overcome resistance behaviors, evaluate progress
Two things that come up during the working phase and define them
transference and countertransference
t- patient to you- you look like me dad so…
ct- you to patient I remember when my partner was….
What happens during the termination phase
wrapping it up progress has been made, plan of action established, feelings adressed
Reflection
Refer feelings back to patient to empower the patient to problem solve
Rephrase “I hate my parents” ⇒ “so it sounds like you had a dif time comm w/ your parents?”
all or nothing thinking
I am either a success or a failure
Overgeneralization
This happened one time so it happens all of the time
mental filter or disqualifying the positive
Only seeing the bad
magnification or minimization
Accomplishments are minimized or small events are magnified
Emotional reasoning
concluding that something is real because of an emotional response
personalization
You blame yourself for something you weren’t entirely responsible for, or you blame other people and overlook ways that your own attitudes and behavior might contribute to a problem.
Milieu management 7
health of each individual is realized and encouraged to grow
every interaction = opportunity for therapeutic intervention
each individual owns his/her own environment
each individual owns his/her own behavior
peer pressure = useful/powerful tool
inappropriate behaviors dealt w/ as they occur
restrictions/punishments avoided
Alcohol w/d time frame
4-12 hours after last drink
Anorexia physical signs 6
Hypothermia, bradycardia, hypotension, edema, lanugo, metabolic changes