Diagnosis/Outcome identification
Diagnosis/Outcome identification Nursing diagnoses commonly associated with anxiety, O C D, and related disorders Panic anxiety (panic disorder and G A D) Powerlessness (panic disorder and G A D) Fear (phobias) Social isolation (agoraphobia) Ineffective role performance (O C D) Ineffective coping (O C D) Disturbed body image (body dysmorphic disorder) Ineffective impulse control (hair-pulling […]
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (O C D)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (O C D) Assessment data Recurrent obsessions or compulsions that are severe enough to be time-consuming or to cause marked distress or significant impairment Obsessions Recurrent thoughts, impulses, or images experienced as intrusive and stressful, and unable to be expunged by logic or reasoning Compulsions Repetitive ritualistic behavior or thoughts, the purpose of […]
Types of phobia
Types of phobia Classifications Fear Classifications Fear Acrophobia Height Mysophobia Dirt, germs, contamination Ailurophobia Cats Numerophobia Numbers Algophobia Pain Nyctophobia Darkness Anthophobia Flowers Ochophobia Riding in a car Anthropophobia People Ophidiophobia Snakes Aquaphobia Water Pyrophobia Fire Arachnophobia Spiders Scoleciphobia Worms Astraphobia Lightning Siderodromophobia Railroads or train travel Belonephobia Needles Taphophobia Being buried alive Brontophobia […]
Phobias
Phobias Agoraphobia Fear of being vulnerable in places or situations from which escape might be difficult or in which help might not be available in the event of panic-like symptoms or other incapacitating symptoms. Traveling in public transportation Being in open spaces Being in shops, theaters, or cinemas Standing in line or being in a […]
Continuation of Anxiety disorders
Application of Nursing Process Panic disorder: Assessment Characterized by recurrent panic attacks, the onset of which are unpredictable and manifested by intense apprehension, fear, or terror, often associated with feelings of impending doom and accompanied by intense physical discomfort Attacks may last minutes or rarely hours and individual often experience varying degrees of nervousness and […]
Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders
Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders Anxiety is an emotional response to anticipation of danger, the source of which is largely unknown or unrecognized. Anxiety is a necessary force for survival. It is not the same as stress. A stressor is an external pressure that is brought to bear on the individual. Anxiety is the subjective […]
Documentation of the steps of the nursing process
Documentation Documentation of the steps of the nursing process is often considered as evidence in determining certain cases of negligence by nurses. It is also required by some agencies that accredit healthcare organizations. Examples of documentation that reflect use of the nursing process Problem-oriented recording Has a list of problems as its basis Uses […]
Why Nursing Diagnosis
Why Nursing Diagnosis The identification and classification of nursing phenomena began in 1973 with the First National Conference on Nursing Diagnosis. General and specialty standards are written around the six steps of the nursing process. It is defined in most state nursing practice acts as a legal responsibility of nursing. Promotes research in nursing. Nursing […]
The Nursing Process in Psychiatric Mental Health
The Nursing Process in Psychiatric Mental Health The Nursing Process is a systematic framework for the delivery of nursing care that uses a problem-solving approach, goal-directed, with its objective being the delivery of quality client care, is dynamic, not static. Standards of Practice for psychiatric nursing (ADOPIE) Assessment: Information is gathered from which to establish […]
Active Listening
Active Listening To listen actively is to be attentive to what patient is saying, both verbally and nonverbally. Several nonverbal behaviors have been designed to facilitate attentive listening. Non-verbal behaviors that must be followed to facilitate active listening are included in the acronym SOLER:- S: Sit squarely facing the patient O: Observe an open posture […]