NUR 256 Mental Health Exam 3 Complete worksheet: Exam 3 (100% correct) NUR 256 Mental Health worksheet: Exam 3 Define the following term: Understand what each means and how to manage those patients. Visual hallucinations: When the patient state they are s

NUR 256 Mental Health Exam 3 Complete worksheet: Exam 3 (100% correct) NUR 256 Mental Health worksheet: Exam 3 Define the following term: Understand what each means and how to manage those patients. Visual hallucinations: When the patient state they are seen some thing that is not there. Auditory hallucinations: The patient is hearing things, but it is not actually there. Delusion: That false belief that something is true. EX: a patient says that he is the president even though he is not. In their mind that thing is true Illusion: When they actually see something, but they mistake it for something else. EX: there is a pen on the table, but they mistake it as a snake. Bring them back to reality, tell them it is a pen and not a snake. Splitting: This occurs in personality disorder. They believe that either you are good or bad. Ex: you form a good nurse-patient relationship with a client then the client asks for something and you say no, this is going to make the patient hate you and they will find your replacement by attach to someone else and they will let everyone else know that you are a bad nurse. Projection: When someone project their feelings, blames into someone else. Understand why the patient use this type of defense mechanism. Physical abuse: Physical child abuse occurs when a child is purposely physically injured or put at risk of harm by another person. Emotional abuse: Emotional child abuse means injuring a child's self-esteem or emotional well-being. It includes verbal and emotional assault — such as continually belittling or berating a child — as well as isolating, ignoring or rejecting a child. Sexual abuse: Sexual child abuse is any sexual activity with a child, such as fondling, oral-genital contact, intercourse, exploitation, or exposure to child pornography. Pharmacology: Clinical indication, side effects, adverse reactions, and patient teaching (diet, safety, contra) Chapter 21 Donepezil (Aricept): for Alzheimer. Help improve cognition and help enhance the patient ability to remember early on. • Side effect: GI upset, bradycardia, syncope, severe dermatological issues • Contra: Nsaids (Motrin, ibuprofen) • Teaching: It is usually taken once a day with or without food, in the evening just before bedtime. Take donepezil at around the same time every day. Take donepezil exactly as directed. Lithium (mood Stabilizer): for personality disorder, bipolar, antisocial, Narcissistic PD, monitor for hyponatremia and lithium toxicity, ensure patient has good fluid intake. • Teaching: Take lithium exactly as directed. Swallow the extended-release tablet whole; do not split, chew, or crush it. Too little salt in your diet could lead to serious side effects. Adequate fluid intake • A safe blood level of lithium is 0.6 and 1.2 liter (mEq/L)