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| "Crisis Intervention" definition |
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A brief, active, and collaborative therapy that draws on an individual's personal coping abilities and resources within the family, healthcare setting, or community.
"Most acute care" -Pounds |
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| "Crisis Stabilization Unit" |
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| patients require a few days to recover; patients are not dangerous to themselves or others |
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| "Acute Inpatient" Setting |
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| patients require daily treatment; average stay of 10 days |
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| "Partial Hospitalization" continuum of care |
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Definition
| similar to "crisis stabilization," however patients are more stable |
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A general term for any therapeutic setting that focuses on control of the environment (both physical and social) to effect positive change.
"Staff and patient act as a community; focuses on the ability of the patients to relate to each other and the staff"-Pounds |
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| Crisis management Strategies: who how, what, and why |
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| Used to deal with severely aggressive patients; try to avoid restraints (physical and chemical); utilize communication and therapeutic strategies; understand the cause |
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| is a type of psychotherapy that involves one or more therapists working with several people at the same time; This type of therapy is widely available at a variety of locations; it is commonly integrated into a comprehensive treatment plan that also includes individual therapy and medication |
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| Why is it important to maintain a patient's confidentiality? |
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Definition
| due to the stigma still commonly associated with mental illnesses |
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| A pink paper is the mechanism by which a LICSW moves to hospitalize an individual believed to meet the criteria for civil commitment. A LICSW may order that a mentally ill individual be restrained and taken to a hospital in the belief that failure to hospitalize would create a likelihood of serious harm by reason of mental illness. |
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| 3 Requirements for "Section 12" |
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Definition
1. Danger to themselves
2. Danger of harm to others
3. Inability to maintain themselves in their community |
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| Inpatient care sought by the patient or the patient's guardian through a written application to the facility |
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| admission to a psychiatric facility without the patient's consent; pink paper/section 12 |
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| voluntarily hospitalized patients must give three days' written notice (a "three-day paper") signifying an intention to leave the hospital against medical advice. |
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One who is legally responsible for the care and management of the person or property of an incompetent or a minor.
"the most restrictive legal issue in psychiatric care" -Pounds |
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| What does culture influence for a patient? |
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Definition
Identification of stressors
Coping strategies
Support systems |
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Term
| Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revision |
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(DSM-IV-TR)
A classification of mental disorders that includes descriptions of diagnostic categories. The DSM-IV-TR is the most widely accepted system of classifying abnormal behaviors used in the U.S. today. |
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Major diagnostic category
such as: schizophrenia, eating disorders, or panic disorders |
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Personality Disorders
"What are the personality traits of the people we are assessing? Are the traits getting in their way of interacting with others?" -Pounds
Mental retardation, conduct disorder |
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Medical Diagnoses
Diagnosis impacting clinical picture and care
such as: diabetes, cardiac disease, obesity |
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Psychosocial stressors
What has led this person into treatment?
such as: poor social support, poverty |
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Functional Level
rated from 0-100; how much are the presenting symptoms impacting the presenting illness? |
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| Two Key Areas for Psychiatric Nursing Practice |
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Acute care
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Community based interventions and care |
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| Identification of problem amenable to nursing interventions |
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