Crisis services provide 24-hour-a-day supervision of patients for a short-term period for crisis intervention and treatment.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: True
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A patient with the diagnosis of schizophrenia, disorganized type, approaches the nurse and says, "It's beat, it's eat. No room for doom.". The nurse can correctly assess this verbalization as:
a. neologisms. b. clanging. c. ideas of reference. d. associative looseness.
A recently hired nurse has been overheard saying she does not need to check as closely on her assigned patients as there are many machines that will "just do it for you." What action by the nurse manager is indicated?
1. The nurse manager should plan a skills check off for the nurse. 2. The nurse should have a notation placed in her file indicating a lack of due care to assigned patients. 3. The manager should issue a verbal warning to the nurse. 4. The nurse manager should discuss assessment priorities with the nurse.
A breastfeeding mother is concerned that her baby is not getting enough to eat. Which of the following resources would be most helpful and most cost-effective on the day after dis-charge?
A. Visiting a pediatric screening clinic at the hospital B. Placing a call to the hospital nursery "warm line" C. Calling to request a home visit D. Requesting a lactation consultant from the pediatrician
The nurse has identified a nursing diagnosis of disturbed thought processes for a patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder. What abilities displayed by the patient would be re-lated to an appropriate outcome for this problem? Select all that apply
a. Can identify when obsessions are worsening b. Speaks of obsessions as being embarrassing behaviors c. Describes lessening anxiety when compulsive rituals are interrupted d. Plans to ignore obsessive thoughts and so minimizes resulting stress e. Limits time focusing on obsessive thoughts to 15 minutes, 4 times a day