Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans and Psychotropic Medications

(^) 1. Client recognizes the existence of more than one personality. 3. Client verbalizes the intention of seeking long-term outpatient Outcome Criteria 2. Client is able to verbalize the purpose these personalities serve.6. Help subpersonalities to understand that their “being” will ● 7. Provide support during disclosure of painful experiences^198 help to control the behaviors of a “suicidal” personality.of the personalities. For example, a strong-willed personality may CLINICAL PEARL nursing priority.psychotherapy.tendency toward physical hostility, precautions must be taken for the protection of others. lengthy treatment.the individual. and reassurance when the client becomes discouraged with rate entities, the idea of total elimination generates fear and defensiveness.DISTURBED SENSORY PERCEPTION not be destroyed, but integrated into a unifi^ ●^ ALTERATIONS IN PSYCHOSOCIAL ADAPTATIONIt may be possible to seek assistance from one Because subpersonalities function as sepa-Safety of the client and others is a ed identity within

2 2506_Ch10_191-200.indd 0198 506 Ch 10 191 - 200 .indPossible Etiologies (“related to”)Defi[Threat to self-concept] [Threat to physical integrity][Childhood abuse][Childhood trauma][Severe level of anxiety, repressed][Loss of one’s own sense of reality]ished, exaggerated, distor ted, or impaired response to such stimuli. [either internally or externally initiated] accompanied by a dimin-[Alteration in the perception or experience of the self ]Defi[Loss of the sense of reality of the external world] d 0 (KINESTHETIC) 1 ning Characteristics (“evidenced by”) nition: 98 Change in the amount or pat terning of incoming stimuli 1 10/1/10 9:35:32 AM 0 / 1 / 10 9 : 35 : 32 AM