Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing by Videbeck

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 513 Cognition is the brain’s ability to process, retain, and use information. Cognitive abilities include ...

514 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS Cultural Considerations People from different cultural backgrounds may not be ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 515 APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS: DELIRIUM Nursing care for clients with delirium focuses on meeting ...

516 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS ness of the environment or situation and instead may focus on irrelevant stim ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 517 Outcome Identification Treatment outcomes for the client with delirium may include the following: The ...

518 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS understand what health care practices are necessary to avoid a recurrence. Th ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 519 NURSING CARE PLAN DELIRIUM Nursing Diagnosis ➤Acute Confusion Abrupt onset of a cluster of global, tra ...

520 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS DEMENTIA Dementiais a mental disorder that involves multi- ple cognitive defi ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 521 ◗ SYMPTOMS OFDEMENTIA Loss of memory (initial stages, recent memory loss such as forgetting food cook ...

522 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS Moderate:Confusion is apparent along with progressive memory loss. The perso ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 523 such as paranoia, delusions, hallucinations, inattention to hygiene, and belligerence. It is evidenced ...

524 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS Parkinson’s diseaseis a slowly progres- sive neurologic condition characteri ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 525 Table 21-2 DRUGSUSED TOTREATDEMENTIA Name Dosage Range and Route Nursing Considerations tacrine (Cogne ...

526 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS Judgment begin to demonstrate catastrophic emotional reactions in response to ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 527 clients lose that awareness of self, which gradually deteriorates until they can look in a mirror and ...

528 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS ◗ SUMMARY OFNURSINGINTERVENTIONS FORDEMENTIA Promoting client’s safety and p ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 529 PROMOTING ADEQUATE SLEEP AND PROPER NUTRITION, HYGIENE, AND ACTIVITY Clients require assistance to mee ...

530 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS together” approach. The nurse reassures the client that he or she knows what ...

21 COGNITIVEDISORDERS 531 action. For example, the client may get angry and yell at the nurse for no discernible reason. The nur ...

532 Unit 4 NURSINGPRACTICE FORPSYCHIATRICDISORDERS Evaluation Treatment outcomes change constantly as the dis- ease progresses. ...