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Mental Illness
if the person suffers from a disturbance of thought, mood, volition, perception, orientation or memory that impairs judgment or behavior to a significant extent
don't have an MI if...
-hold/refuses to hold a particular religion/philosophic/political belief
-take drugs/etoh
-demonstrate antisocial behavior
what makes a bad nurse?
ethnocentrism, stereotyping, cultural blindness, transference, countertrasnference
cultural blindness
saying/thinking one culture is the best or ignoring cultural differences and being insensitive
transference
(patient to nurse) patient transfers behaviors, words, etc that happened in the past to the nurse. Ex. nurse reminds pt of his mother and he didn't get along w/ her
countertransference
(nurse to pt)walk into a room & just like/dislike them based on irrelevant factors
Factors in building a good therapeutic relationship
RESPONSIBILITY
TIME (may take time to develop, pt might respond unpredictably, must recognize where the client is "at", silence is fine!)
LISTEN (to pt & fam, w/o need to label, explain/interpret rather than try to understand)
NAMES (use name, determine what they feel comfortable w/ and determine how they should address you)
EYE CONTACT (based on circumstances & relationship)
YOUR LANGUAGE (talk as if pt is present, no technical words, don't talk down, give them space to speak, don't ask irrelevant ?s)
WATCH & LISTEN FOR CUES (lack of responsiveness or eye contact, avoidance/regressive body lang, verbal cues - "i'll prob be ok", "I think I understand" etc
REASSURE ppl that you take them seriously
if the individual is ANGRY
-acknowledge the anger
-give them time to calm down or compose self
-record and id the anger
-the motives behind the anger or beh
If the individual is SEDUCTIVE
- don't return their beh
- try ignoring it
-have a chaperone
- determine the venue
- leave door open
- ask to leave
- refer to a same sex clinician
- explain the professional relationship/boundaries
If client is DEMANDING
- state clearly what you will or will not do
-what your agencies is funded for and the parameters this implies
- what are you skilled to do or can't do
- be empathetic
- provide alternatives
- allow indivial some choices
If client is INQUISITIVE
- ask personal Q's
- ask Q's to avoid issues
- Needs ressurance
- Is trying to undermine your ability
- Is dissatisfieded from earlier experience
Patient interviewing
-state name
-state role/status
-Mention time restraints, ask if mind nrs writing notes, ask if pt feels at ease
-explain purpose of interview
-discover pts main probs
-get info needed
Paplau's 6 nursing roles
COUNSELING ROLE
LEADERSHIP ROLE
SURROGATE ROLE
STRANGER ROLE
RESOURCE PERSON
TEACHING ROLE
COUNSELING ROLE
working w/ patient on current problems
LEADERSHIP ROLE
working w/ pt democratically
SURROGATE ROLE
standing in for a person in the pts life. Be careful of counter-/transference. Not to become a dependent role
STRANGER ROLE
accepting person objectively
RESOURCE PERSON
interpreting medical plan to pateitn
TEACHING ROLE
Offering info and helping pt learn
Paplau's 4 phases of the relationship (in order)
1) ORIENTATION - ther person & nrs mutually ID the person's prob
2) IDENTIFICATION - person ids w/ nurse, thereby accepting help
3) EXPLOITATION - person makes use of nurs's help
4) RESOLUTION - person accepts new goals and frees himself from the relationship
Acronym for MSE
Appearance
Behavior
Conversation
Affect
Perception through 5 senses
Cognition
diagnostic manuals
DSM IV; ICD X (internat'l classification of diseases
What is an MSE?
Reports individual's mental state and beh at time of interview
why do an MSE?
- here and now (synchronic)
- determine severity - risk to self/others
- change over time (diachronic)
- documentation
- Common language
- Hypothesis generation for what we think might be going on
- Intervention implications
- Sx reduction 1st goal of rx - need to be able to id s/s
What is included in history taking?
-individual details
- id presenting probs
- hx of presenting illness
- personal hx
- previous med hx
- illicit drug use/etoh/ prescription abuse hx
- premorbid personality (b4 got sick)
- Family hx
- cultural hx
- collateral info
MSE - appearance
age, gender, race/ethnic background, build, hair style & color, apparent health, level of hygiene (disheveled, unkempt, approp for weather), mode of dress (jewelry all at once, chg outift often), physical abnormalities, marks on body, response to you, psychomotor
MSE - behavior
- eye contact
- pts reax to present situation
- describe pts motor activity
- abnormality of movement
- expressive gestures