Crisis intervention-empathy

● Implement interventions designed to address the client's needs

● Get the entire story from the client's perspective

● Avoid interjecting their personal experiences and interpretations of the situation

Lithium-creatinine

● Long term lithium usage may increase serum creatinine levels - monitor patients for renal insufficiency

● Avoid complications by increasing salt and water intake

Overdose-action

● Gastric lavage or dialysis to remove

● Support of respiratory and cardiovascular functioning in an intensive care unit

Civil rights-psychiatric clients

● All civil rights afforded to all people except the right to leave the hospital in the case of involuntary

commitment

● right to refuse treatment

● Right to send and receive sealed mail

● Right to have or refuse visitors

● Any restrictions (e.g., mail, visitors, clothing) must be made for a verifiable, documented reason

Alcohol abuse - codependent behaviors

● Major type is enabling

● surface level helpfulness to the client that prolongs the addiction

Alcohol withdrawal-hospitalization

● Withdrawal usually begin 4 to 12 hours after cessation

● Severe or untreated withdrawal may progress to transient hallucinations, seizures, or delirium, called

delirium tremens

● Benzodiazepines

● Assessment will determine medication schedule

Alcohol detox

● Chlordiazepoxide

● Benzodiazepine

Anorexia

● Appear slow, lethargic, and fatigued, may be emaciated

● Limited insight and poor judgment about their health status

● Restrict food intake

● Engage in purging

● Over exercising

● Severely malnourished

● Abuse: substances, sexual, laxatives

Bulimia priority

● Safety is a priority

● Check electrolyte balance

● Patient needs to be monitored for esophageal ulcers which can cause a hole and cause hemorrhaging