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Communication is most effective when?
Message sent is congruent with message received
5 Factors that effect communication
-emotion -cognition -culture -environment -relationship
What's cognition?
Educational background, problem solving, attention span
What's a symmetrical relationship?
Equal
e.g. friends
Complementary relationship?
Inequality

e.g. teacher-student/ nurse-client
Nonverbal communication?
Behaviors that are expressed through various ways such as facial expressions, eye contact, tone of voice, hand gestures
Verbal Communication
Cosists of words: SPEAKING
3 Essential communication tools
Silence, Active listening and clarification
Active listening
Nx listens/watch verbal + nonverbal
Clarification uses?
Feedback and correction of misperceptions
Content and direction are decided by?
Client/Patient
Clinical interview; part of what nursing process?
Assessment
Clinical interviews conducted
During hospitalization and treatment
Purpose of process recording
Examine patterns of comm. w/ client, effectiveness of comm. tech. being used, and alt. strategies for dealing w/ diff issues.
Silence is used for?
For pt. to think what say, to process what's been said, and to think of new ideas
Good or bad Comm. tech:

Silence
Good
Good or Bad Comm. tech:
Broad Openings?

e.g.?
-Pt. leads, nx discourages
small talk.
-Good
-Where would you like to begin?
Good or bad comm. tech:
Accepting?

e.g.?
-Good
-Pt. understood, don't have to agree
-Yes, I follow what you say
Good or bad comm. tech:
Giving Recognition

e.g.?
Good


You shaved today
Good or bad comm. tech:
Offering self

e.g.?
Good


I'll stay and sit for a while
Good or bad comm. tech:
Making Observations

e.g.?
Good

You appear nervous when John enters the room
Good or bad comm. tech:
Encouraging description of perception?
e.g.?
-Good
-Increase nx understanding. Talk about feelings+ difficulties
-Tell me when you feel anxious
Good or bad comm. tech:
Restating/rephrasing?
-Good
-Repeat main idea
Good or bad comm. tech:
Reflecting?

e.g.?
-Good
-Direct ?'s to get pt. to accept feelings/ideas
-How does that make you feel?
Good or bad comm. tech:
Focusing?
-Good
-Atten. on single point
Good or bad comm. tech:
Exploring

e.g.?
-Good


Tell me more about that
Good or bad comm. tech:
Giving information

E.g?
-Good


-This medication is for..
Good or bad comm. tech:
Clarification?

e.g.?
-Good
-Pt. clarify own thoughts, and have max understanding btwn nx and pt.
-I am not sure I follow you
Good or bad comm. tech:
Presenting reality

e.g.?
-Good

Your mother is not here; I am the nurse
Good or bad comm. tech:
Suggesting colaboration?

e.g.?
-Good
-Working w/ pt, not for the pt.
-Perhaps you and I can discover what makes you anxious
Good or bad comm. tech:
Summarizing?

e.g.?
-Good
-Imp. points of discussion to enhance understanding, Nx and pt. leave with same ideas in mind
-Have I got this straight?
Good or bad comm. tech:
Encouraging plan of action

e.g.?
-Good
What could you do to let anger out harmlessly?
Encouraging plan of action goes hand in hand with?
Interventions
Good or bad comm. tech:
Giving premature advice

E.g?
-Bad

-You should do...
Good or bad comm. tech:
Minimizing feelings
-Bad
Good or bad comm. tech:
Giving false reassurance

e.g.?
-Bad

-I wouldn't worry about that
Good or bad comm. tech:
Making judgement

e.g.?
-Bad

-Why do you still smoke if your wife has cancer?
Good or bad comm. tech:
Use of Why?
-Bad
-Implies criticism
Good or bad comm. tech:
Excessive questioning?
-Bad
-Can make pt. confused about what is being asked.
Good or bad comm. tech:
Disagreeing?

e.g.?
-Bad
-Make pt. defensive
-I gave you pain meds you're not in pain
Good or bad comm. tech:
Changing the topic?
-Bad
-Invalidate pt. feelings/needs
Give and e.g. of Matter of fact approach
When doing rounds, you find resident in room naked, instead of being shocked tell resident, put clothes on, then come out to talk to me.
Goals of clinical interview
-Being heard +understood
-identifying + discuss. prblms
-Explore healthy way of meetin needs
-Explore adap. ways of deal.
-Experiencing+ satisfying relationships
Introduction of interview
1. Name 2. Attending school 3. Purpose of meeting 4. Time of meeting 5. duration 6. addressed
Anxiety
Human experience, most basic emotions, feeling of apprehension or uneasiness stemming from real threat
Levels of anxiety, and charac.
Mild: Still prioratize, grasp more information, prbm solving more effective
Moderate: Selective attention, rise v/s
Severe: No learning/prblm solving
Panic: COMPLETE disprganization, hallucinate/delusional
Anxiety a prblm when?
Interferes w/ everday living
True or False:
Substance abuse + depression can lead to anxiety disorders
True
Anxiety comes from:
-Genetic
-Biological:Gamma.. (GABA) not enough: ANXIETY
-Psychological:repressed ideas/emotions, learned response, abn. thought process
-Culture
Gamma-aminobutyric is used in the brain for what?
Help calm down, reduce anxiety
Types of Anxiety Disorders


Clue: 9
-Panic -Phobias -OCD
-General (GAD) -PTSD -Acute Stress -Substance-induced
-Anxiety:Medical cond. -NOS
2 types of Panic disorders, characterize
-Panic dis. w/out agoraphobia
-Panic dis. w/ Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia
Fear of leaving home
Panic Disorder w/out Agoraphobia, characteristics
Similar to MI, UNEXPECTED, lasts for minutes and then subsides,
Panic Disorder w/ Agoraphobia, characteristics
Similar to MI, comes from fear of places/situations from which escape might be difficult
Phobias types
-Specific phobia
-Social phobia
Specific Phobia
Anxiety/fear caused by objects or situations
Social Phobia


e.g.?
Anxiety/fear caused from exposure to social situations.

Eating in public- public speaking
OCD


e.g?
-Obessive compulsive disorder
-Obessive thought, compulsion reduce behavior/control obsession
-Thought of killing someone-wash hands
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
-Worry regarding several things, -lasts for 6 mo or longer
-s/s: restlessness, fatigue, poor concentration, irrability, tension, sleep dist.
PTSD
-traumatic event
-Symp. occur w/in 3 mo
-s/s: Diff. falling asleep, nightmares, flash backs, avoi stimuli, diff. concentrating, hypervigilance, irritability, startle response, detachment/ w/drawl from others
PTSD is comorbid with
Depression
Acute Stress Disorder
-1 mo after experiencing trauma
-resolved w/in 4 wks
-s/s: detachment, derealization, depersonalization, loss of memory
Depersonalization
Bigger arm than the other
Derealization
Mrs. Soberano loss, lost during drive in Hyde park
Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder

Dx?
-Comes from use of substance or w/in mo. of stopping use of substance.
-Dx: Hx, PE, and lab findings
Anxiety Due to Medical Conditions

Dx?
-Linked with medical condition, such as COPD, CHF

-Lab/Diagn. findings
Anxiety Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)
-Does not meet criteria for other anxiety disorders
Defensive Mechanisms
Protects individual from painful awareness of feelings and memories, if not overused used for reducing anxiety
Dissociation


e.g.?
-Defensive Mechanism
- An art student is able to mentally separate, from noisy env. as she becomes absorbed from work
Identification


e.g.?
-Defensive Mechanism
-Dressing up like soberano
Intellectualization?


e.g.?
-Defensive Mechanism
-based on cold facts, no emotion
-Nx pt dies, she says it's better that way, it would of been harder for pt. to live
Introjection?


e.g.?
-Defensive Mechanism
-outside world incorporated/absorbed into persons view of self
-Man complains of SOB, the s/s before wife died.
Projection?


e.g.?
-Defensive Mechanism
-rejection of emotionally unaccept.feat and putting them on people, objects or situations
-Upset, kick the cat
Rationalization?


e.g.?
-Defense mechanism
-justify illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions or feelings that satisfy teller and listener
-I didn't get the raise b/c the boss doesn't like me
Reaction Formation?


e.g.?
-Defense mechanism
-unacceptable feelings/behaviors by developing opposite behavior or emotion
-I hate dogs, so I volunteer at a dog shelter
Regression


e.g.?
-Defense Mechanism
- Thumb sucking
Repression?


e.g.?
-Defense Mechanism
-Unconscious
-Girl gets rape, some asks her how she's coping and she has no recollection
Slitting?


e.g.?
-Defense Mechanism
-Either black and white, no gray area
-Soberano thinks Maria is a good student
Sublimation?


e.g.?
-Defense Mechanism
-Unconscious
-Bad behavior-something constructive +sociably accepted
-A woman is made fun of, she writes a poem.
Suppression?


e.g.?
-Defense Mechanism
-Conscious
- Hot date the other night, want to think about it but you have to study for your exam the next day. So you "forget" hot date
Undoing?


e.g.?
-Defense Mechanism
-Person makes up for an act, or communication
-Mad at child, punish, feel bad, next day you bring him a gift
Antidepressants action


e.g.
-ACTION:increase serotonin in brain
-first line for anxiety+depression
-GABA
Serotonin regulates what?
Emotions
Example of Antidepressants
-Paxil (paroxetine)
-Zoloft (Sertaline)
-Prozac (fluoxetine)
-Lexapro (escitalopram)
Anxiolytics or anxiety drugs, characteristics
-Benzodiazepines
-Nonbenzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines
-Anxiety
-Fast onset
-cause dependency
-Short term
True or false people w/ substance abuse are at risk for becoming dependent on benzodiazepines
True
e.g. of benzodiazepines?
-Xanx (Alprazolam)
-Librium (chlordiazepoxide)
-Valium (Diazepam)
-Ativan (Lorazepam)
Nonbenzodiazepines


e.g.?
-no dependence
-2-4 wks to see effects
-long term basis
-Buspar
Alternatives for benzodiazepines
Inderal (beta blockers) Vistaril (antihistamines) Depakote, Neurontin (anticonvulsants)
Anticonvulsants also used for..


e.g.
-Mood stabilization


Depakote and Neurontin
Cognitive therapy
-Helping people identify negative beliefs and reconstructing through cognitive restructing
Behavior therapy


e.g.?
-diff tech. for managing anxiety
-Relaxation -Modeling -Systematic desensitization -Flooding -response prevention
-thought stopping
-Modeling
-Systematic Desensitization
-Flooding
-Therapist role model. Therapist takes bus w/ agoraphobic pt
-gradual exposure
-making pt. touch obj. w/ bare hands for prolonged time
Response prevention
The client is not allowed to wash her hands as a mean of controlling obsessive thoughts
Thought stopping
Client learns to interrupt negative thought/obsession through distraction
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
-Most effective techn
-Combination of cognitive therapy and behavioral
-Cognitive Disorders
-Three main cognitive disorders
-Disort one's thought process
-Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic Dis.
Delirium?
-Temporary disturbance of consciousness and change in cognition
-ALWAYS secondary -reversible
-thought process flucuates (worse at night)
-elderly +hosp. pt
-Recovery:possible
-Mem./perception is impaired, illusions/hallucinations maybe experienced
What is a hallucination?
Something you see, hear, feel, smell or taste that isn't really there
What is a delusion?
False belief
Dementia
-Develops slowly, with cognitive decicits
-Imparimetn in memory
-can be irreversible and progressive
-primary: no turning back- secondary: medical (alcohol depend) reversible
To Dx dementia you need..
Memory impariment and one of these 4:
-Aphasia (language)
-Apraxia (motor abilities)
-Agnosia (failure to reaognize onbjects)
-Disturbance of exe. funct.
Alzheimer, pathological theory
-neurofibrillary tangles
-neurotic plaques -degeneration
-brain atrophy
Alzheimer, Genetic theory
Family members
Alzheimer, Neurochemichal change theory
-deficiency of enzyme acetyltransferase, that is used to synthesize neurotransmitter acetylcholine
Alzheimer, Cholesterol theory
--ppl with high cholesterol levels and inflammation of the brain, higher death rates with alzheimers
4 stages of Alzheimer's
-Mild
-moderate
-Moderate to sever
-late or end stage
Charac. of Mild Alzheimer's
-loss of energy -diff. learning new things -Ind. AWARE of the problem
-Depressed
Charac. of Moderate Alzheimer's
-Diff. recognizing friends/family
-Decline in ADL's
-Mood: Liable, paranoia, anger, apathy
Charac. of Moderate to Severe Alzheimers
-Total dependent for physical care
-Pt. overwhelmed and frustrated
-Agitated, violent, delusional, paranoia
Charac of Late or End Stage Alzheimer's
-Agraphia (inability to read or write)
-hyperorality (putting everything in mouth)
-hypermetamorophis (touching everything in site)
-cannot walk/talk -death is from something else
Defense Mechanism r/t Alzheimers
-Denial
-Confabulation: not lying, fill in gaps
-Preservation: involuntary repetition of thought, phrase, or motor response
-Avoidance of questions
Amnesia is ALWAYS secondary to medical conditions or substance abuse True or False
True
Best therapy for Alzheimers
Reminiscence therapy
5 Medications for Alzheimeres
-Tacrine (THA, Cognex)
-Donepizil (Aricept)
-Rivastigmine (Exelon)
-Galantamine (Razadyne)
Mamentine (Namenda)
Alzheimers Med. Tacrine (THA, Cognex) when and for?

Adverse reaction?
-Mild to moderate
-Improves functioning and slows down progress of disease
-Adv. reaction: Liver damage
Alzheimers Med. Donepezil (Aricept) how and for?

s/e?
-inhibits breakdown of acetlycholine
-slows down deterioration in cognitive w/out causing liver toxicity
-s/e: nausea and diarrhea
Alzheimers Med. Rivastigmine (Exelon) when, how?

s/e?
-Mild and Moderate
-cholinesterase inhibitor

-s/e: n/v, anorexia and weight loss
Alzheimers Med. Galantamine (Razadyne) When, how?
-Mild and Moderate
-cholinesterase inhibitor
Alzheimers Memantine (Namenda) When, how?
-Moderate to severe stage
-Targets NMDA
What does NMDA regulate?
-Memory
Schizophrenia
-Brain Disease that affects cognition, speech, emotions, behaviors, and reality perception
More common among M/F?

Comorbid psychi disorders?
-Males
-Substance Abuse, Depression, and anxiety disorders
Schizo. Genetic theory
-Family
Schizo. Nuerobiological theory
-increase in dopamine
-Abnormal maturation of CNS
Schizo. Pregn-related theory
-Viral infection
-Poor nutrition
-Exposure to toxins
-Lack of 02
Phases of Schizo?
-Acute
-Stabilization
-Maintenance
Charac. of Acute phase in schizo?
-positive/negative symptoms
-require hosp.
-GOAL stabilization
Charac. of stabilization phase in Schizo?
--reduction in symptoms
-previous level in functioning
-GOAL treatment compliance
Charac. of maintenance phase in Schizo?
-close to baseline functioning
-GOAL prevent relapse
What are Eugen B. four A's to remember schizo fundemental charac?
Describe
-Affects: facial expressions (flat)
-Autism: not in reality,in own world
-Ambivalence: hard decision making (indecisive)
-Associative looseness: disorganized thinking (topics NOT linked)
Positive symp?
Hallucinations?
-Something that is normally in existence, EXAGGERATION
-perception not based on a stimuli
Hallucinations:
-Auditory
-Visual
-Olfactory
-Voices, MOST COMMON
-Man in the room
-smelling
Hallucinations:
-Gustatory
-Tactile
-Taste
-Touch
Evidence of hallucinations
-head turning -tilting the head
-frequent blinking -grimacing
-verbally responding
-mumbling
POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizo
-Ideas of reference
-Persecution
-Somatic
-outside has special meaning for oneself, news cast is talking to me
-FBI is after me
-Alter from normal body, gangrene in leg
POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizo
-Thoughts broadcasting
-Delusion of control
-Delusion of grandeur
-unspoken thoughts can be heard
-action/thoughts controlled by external force
-posses greatness of power
POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizo
-Jealous delusion
-Bizarre behavior
-Speech/thought disturbances
-partner is unfaithful
-appearance, aggression, socially/sexually, inappropriate, just weird
-unrelated topics
POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizo
-Looseness association
-Neologism
-Clang association
-thinking illogical and confused
-made up words
-meaningless rhyming of words
POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizo
-Word salad
-Echolalia
-Tangentiality
-convo, w/ mixed words that don't make sense
-repeating words
-meaningless details
POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizo
-Pressured Speech
-Flight of Ideas
-Concrete thinking
-jumbled speech, racing thoughts, stuttering
-continuous flow of speech, topic to topic
-inability to think abstractly
POSITIVE Symptoms of Schizo
-Distractibility
-Impaired memory
-Distracted
-Short term mem.
Negative symp. of Schizo?
Absence of something that should be present
Negative Symp. of Schizo
-Flat affect
-Blunted affect
-Inappropriate affect
-immobile facial expression/blank
look
-severe reduction in expressions/emotions: RESTRICTED
-emotional response not congruent w/ situation
Negative Symp. of Schizo
-Poor eye contact
-Anergia
-Avolition
-poor eye contact
-lack of energy
-lack of motivation
Negative Symp. of Schizo
-Alogia
-Thought blocking
-restriction of speech
-loosing train of thought
Cognitive Symp
-diff. w/ memory and executive functions
Subtypes of Schizo
-Paranoid
- age 20-30, prognosis is good w/ treatment, s/s: hallucinations: auditory, Delusions: persecutory
Subtypes of Schizo
-Disorganized
-most refressed, socially impaired, early middle teens, POOR prognosis, s/s: speech incoherent, inapp. affect, bizarre behaviors, w/draw
Subtypes of Schizo
-Catatonic
-Abrupt, favorable prognosis, s/s: Extreme motor retardation, extreme negativism, extreme automatic obedience, mutism, echolalia, echopraxia (action)
-Extreme negativism
-Automatic Obedience
-Not listen at all, passive failure to do what is asked
-Obedience, like a robot
Subtypes of Schizo
-Reisdual
-resolved suptype of schizo, so negative leftover symp. s/s: decreased energy, initiative, interest, impaired role function, speech defect, social isolation, eccentric belief/behaviors, blunted/inappropriate affect
Subtypes of Schizo
-Undifferentiated
-positive or negative signs, but does not meet criteria for other subtypes
-Limit setting for Schizo pt. how?
Reasonable and rational setting of parameters for clients behavior that provide control and safety
-Milieu therapy means
-Milieu provides?
-Environment
-Predictable, Structure, consistent, sense of direction, promote motivation, modify unacceptable behavior, increase social skills
-Cognitive-behavioral therapy
-Cognitive adaptation training
-Psychoeducation
-abn thoughts/responses to hallucinations/delusions through coping strategies
-adapts to disease: level of functioning
-ed./behavioral app. to family tx
Antipsychotics:
-Action
-Phenothiazines/e.g.?
-Non-phenothiazines/e.e?
-Block postsynaptic dopamine
-more sedating, Thorazine, Stelazine, mellanl
-less sedating that pheno, Haldol, Narane, Tarctan
Antipsychotics
s/e?
-Anticholinergic
-dry mouth, urinary retention, constipation, blurred vision, photosensitivity, dry eyes, impotence in men
Extrapyramidal side effects?
Describe
-Akathisia: motor restlessness
-Dystonia: cramps in head and neck
-Parkinsons: stiffening of muscular activity in face, body, arms and legs
With what do you treat EPS symptoms? e.g?
-antiparkinsons
-anticholinergic,Artane, Cogentin, Symmeterel, and Benadryl
Tardive dyskinesia
-Adverse reaction
-prolonged use of nuerolpetics
-invol. movement of tongue, toes, neck, trunk, or pelvis
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) e.g.?

Tx?
-Reduction of dopamine
-decrease LOC, severe muscle rigidity, ^vs, diaphoresis, drooling
-bromocriptine (Parlodel), SEVERE: dantolene (dantrium), electroconvulsive therapy
-Prolixin Decanoate
-Haldol Decanoate
-given 7-28 days
-given every 4wks
Atypical antipsychotics
s/s?


e.g.?
-FIRST line, less relapse, lower s/e, control positive/negative
-s/s weight gain (MOST COMMON), hypotension, insomnia, drowsiness, impotence
-clozaril, zyprexa, risperdal
-Clozapine
-Adjunt. meds for management of schizo
-adverse reactions agraulocytosis and seizure
-antidepressants, antimanic agents (lithium), benzodiazepines
-Personality
-Personality Disorder/ s/s?
-conscious and unconscious
-behaving that deviates significantly from standards w/in individuals culture; prblm w/ interpersonal relationships
-PD's occur with
-depression, anxiety, eating, and substance abuse
-PD's Biological theories
-PD's Environmental theories
-PD's Psychological theory
-genetics
-childhood experiences
-modeling significant others defense mechanisms
Criteria for PD
-Inflexible/socially maladaptive behavior
-diff. relating to others, ANYWHERE
-pattern not caused by anything else
Personality Disorders:
-Clusters A, charac and disorders
-Cluster B, charac and disorders
-Cluster C, charac and disorder
-Eccentric or Odd; Paranoid PD, Schizoid PD, Schizotypal PD
-Dramatic, emotional or erratic: Antisocial PD, Borderline PD, Histrionic, Narcissistic PD
-Fearful, anxious: Avoidant, Dependent PD, Obsessive-complusive PD
Cluster A: Eccentric or Odd
Paranoid
-avoid others+ diff. w/ interpersonal relationships
-distrust/suspicious
-anxious about being harmed
-hypervigillant, hostile, prepared for an imagined threat
-"ill hurt you first before you hurt me"
Cluster A: Eccentric or Odd
Schizoid
-emotional detachment
-no personal relationships prefer to be alone
-indifferent, aloof, unresponsive to criticism or praise
Cluster A: Eccentric or Odd
Schizoidtypal
-Magical thinking, telepathy, sixth sense
-odd thinking, speech, and behavior
Cluster B: Dramatic, Emotional or Erratic
Antisocial
child?
-Few boundaries
-No respect for others
-relies: deceit+ manipulation
-Destructive/illegal acts
-lack of remorse hurting others
-Conduct disorder
Cluster B: Dramatic, Emotional or Erratic
Borderline
-splits people against one another
-relationships: adoring+ idealizing to devauing and cruel punishment
-most dramatic/unstable
--suicidal/self mutilating
Cluster B: Dramatice, Emotional or Erratic
Histrionic
-DRAMATIC behavior
-center of attn., dressing inapp., provocative behavior
-believes relationships are closer than what they are
-smother partner
Cluster B: Dramatice, Emotional or Erratic
Narcissistic
-Into themselves
-Entitlement/special treatment
-NO empathy
-Jealous of others, but thinks it's others that are jealous
-underneath arrogance: they feel shame and fear abandonment
Cluster C: Fearful, Anxious
Avoidant
-avoids all personal contact
- HIGHLY sensitive to rejection, criticism, humiliation, disapproval OR shame
-LONG for relationships
Cluster C: Fearful, Anxious
Dependent
-Submissiveness+ feelings of worthlessness/inadequacy which make person vulnerable to abuse
-CONSTANT emotional support, advice, and reassurance
-clingy
Cluster C: Fearful, Anxious
Obsessive-Compulisve
-By the book
-rigid perfectionism
-things are barely accomplished
-no one can do it well enough
-extremely DEVOTED to work and no pleasure
What kind of therapy do you use for someone with a PD?
Behavior therapy
Long term therapy used for Borderline PD, (cognitive and behavioral therapy combined)
Dialectical behavior therapy
Medications used in PD
-Antidepressants
-Anti-anxiety
-Anti-manic
-Anti-convulsive
-Antipsychotic