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What should you not do when advocating for a patient?
Judge or confront
What class of medication is contraindicated with tics?
Stimulants
What should you provide for prior to assessing abuse victims?
A safe environment
What do you do re: patient info if transferring to a rehab facility?
obtain informed consent and FAX the lab (don't print/have patient
carry)
What are your actions if a child reports abuse?
First interview separately from parents then report to CPS
What should you do if a child plays with toys in a way that you
suspect abuse?
Report to CPS
In what setting as an inpatient provider should you interview a
patient?
,Use a private room with the door partially open
How should you begin your interview with adolescents?
By building rapport with them by ensuring confidentiality absent
exceptions
Should you interview adolescents with or without parents?
Without
What if an adolescent tells you they are homosexual and they don't
want their parents to know?
This is confidential
The patient is being discharged and would like their labs faxed to the
rehab facility. What is your initial action?
Get informed consent/ROI
What do you do if a medical evaluation is needed?
Refer out - this is out of scope
What do you do if a patient is takes something and is feeling really
funny/unwell in your office?
Collect UDS and then refer out
Is it considered a mental illness if it is an expected response
culturally? What do you offer as treatment?
No; brief supportive therapy - not medication
A mother states her child is experiencing a cultural illness. What is
your initial action?
Respect the mother's cultural understanding of illness prior to
assessment
Native Americans view mental illness and SUDs as?
An imbalance between the individual and the world
What ethnic group has the highest rate of suicidality in the US?
Native Americans
, If a patient believes they need a healing stick in their room, but the
staff nurses removed it from them - what should you do?
Teach cultural sensitivity and make accommodations for patient to
have healing stick available such as 1:1
Psychoeducation should be based on?
Cultural context
How do you promote health in a location with multiple ethnicities and
education levels?
Multiple cultural education and ethnospecific assessment parameters
What if a patient wants a traditional healer?
Allow this - remember ROI/informed consent
Susto
"fright", from Latin populations, result from shocking experiences
that cause soul to leave body
Ataque de nervios
Puerto Rican, uncontrollable shouting and maybe aggression
Mal de ojo
evil eye, causes fatigue, headache, weight loss, exhaustion
empacho
blocked intestine: indigestion, feeling bloated/nauseous
mollera caida
sunken fontanel
Normal TSH?
0.5-5.0
TSH < 0.5 =?
Hyperthyroidism
TSH > 5.0 =?