Psych Patient Status Flashcards
The process of obtaining a court order for treatment
Civil Commitment Process
Two purpose of Civil Commitment Process
1) To treat person with MI when they are unable or unwilling to seek treatment voluntarily
2) To protect the person with a MI and others from harm due to the illness.
Emergency hold
Order temporary confine the person in a secure facility (i.e. hospital) last for 72 hours each. This excludes weekend and holidays.
The purpose of Emergency Hold
Keep the person safe while awaiting a petition for commitment to be filed or while the pre-petition screening team review the matter.
An emergency hold doesn’t necessarily __; it’s simply a way to assess the individual to determine if commitment is necessary.
An emergency hold doesn’t necessarily initiate the commitment process.
Standard for commitment
1) Dx with MI
2) Strongly likely to harm themselves or others
3) No less restrictive way to get treatment for person.
Commitment law is for people ages
18 years and overs.
The commitment process can be initiated in either or two ways.
1) obtaining emergency hold
2) contacting the proper angry for a prepetitioning screening
AIMS
EXAM that is administered to pt receiving ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATION to check for any ABNORMAL VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT.
Paging: FYI
No need to response right away
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Response need within 15 mins
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Response in an hour
Borderline personality disorder screening
McLean
BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder
ECT
Electroconvulsive Therapy
PNC
Primary Nurse Coordinator
in Purple Team (Shack)
RMG
Remote Monitoring Glucose
RT
Recreational Therapist
CIWA-Ar
Clinical Institutional Withdrawal Assessment
COWS
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale