Clinical Modalities Exam 2 Questions With Complete
Solutions
- Continuous observation by nursing staff.
- Describe affects and behavior
- SAFTEY, highest in the first few days of admission & times of
staff rotation
- 1:1 nursing observation, arm's length at all times, chart clients
whereabouts and record mood, verbatim statements, and
behavior every 15 to 30 min as per protocol, meal trays no glass
or metal, hands should be in view when sleeping, observe
swallowing each dose of meds Correct Answer Milieu therapy
for suicidal client?
- Control of hyperactive behaviors during acute phase of BP-
antipsychotic drugs
- Seclusions or restraints may be indicated Correct Answer
Milieu therapy for bipolar disorder?
- Normalize eating patterns and begin to address the medical
family, and social issues raised by the illness
- Precise meal times, adherence to the selected menus,
observation during and after meals, and reg sched weightings,
monitoring bathroom trips Correct Answer Milieu therapy for
eating disorders?
,- protection from stressful or disruptive enviro
- structure in acute phase
- increase social competence & self esteem
- Develop boundaries for self and others
- Maximize safety, opportunities for learning skills, therapeutic
activities, access to resources, peer contact, support. practice
conflict resolution, stress reduction techniques, and dealing w/
sx
- Homicidally r/t delusions-reduce stimulations, supervision,
address paranoia, diversion outlets for physical energy Correct
Answer Milieu therapy for schizophrenia?
- Protection from suicidal acts and a supervised enviro.
- *Removed from stressful interpersonal situation increases
therapeutic value Correct Answer Milieu therapy for
depression?
- Provide safe environment is fundamental, rules of personal
contact, and limit setting
- Group setting to decrease isolations, improve growth. Learning
about anguish and pain personal violations have caused them
Correct Answer Milieu therapy for sex disorders: paraphilias?
,- seclusion provides comfort and relief to many clients who can
no longer control their own behaviors: Reduces overwhelming
enviro stimuli
- protects a client from injuring self/others/staff
- prevents destruction of personal property or property of others
- *Other measure must have failed-chemical restraints
- verbal -MD order
- document behavior leading up to the seclusion or restraint,
actions taken to provide least restrictive alternative, amount of
time, q15min behaviors/nursing care/ vitals, meds given re-
assessment
- One on one nursing care-brief instructions, reassurance that the
seclusion is only temporary measure once behavior is more
controlled Correct Answer Purpose for seclusion and
restraints?
- Therapeutic community-living, learning, working enviro
- Targets: psychotic children, psych hospital, drug abusers,
psych clients in hospital
- Security and comfort in the units' activities, rules, reality
orientation, enviro clients are in constant contact with their peers
and staff-helps the client engage and increase the sense of social
competence and worth
, - APRN assesses the mood of the unit (calm etc) and predicts
enviro risks Correct Answer Benefits of milieu therapy?
-be direct
-have the group respond
-limit time
-ask the group
(not a reason to terminate tx, opportunity for growth) Correct
Answer How to respond to non-therapeutic group members?
-Decreases social anxiety and improves social interaction
-Effectively reduce the number of psychiatric symptoms and
positive psychiatric symptoms Correct Answer Possible
outcomes for patients with schizophrenia when conducting a
symptom management group?
· "If its true in one case, it applies to any case that is even
slightly similar"
· Exposure of faulty logic
· Establish criteria of which cases are similar to what degree
Correct Answer Overgeneralization in therapy?
· 1. Modeling
a. In modeling, the nurse/therapist provides a role model for
specific identified behaviors, and the client learns through
imitation. The nurse/therapist may do the modeling, provide
another person to model the behaviors, or present a video for the