NUR 256: Mental Health Disorders and Pharmacological Management – Exam 3 Study Guide

Identify the difference between dissociative amnesia and dissociative Fugue. • dissociative amnesia: This is when a traumatic event happened to the patient and they completely forget the event. It is as if they made it, so it did not happen. They can tell you anything before that event then skip that event and the tell you anything after that event moving forward. • dissociative Fugue: it is rare, EX: The patient wakes up in a completely different state, I was in FL today and I woke up in Pennsylvania. They do not know how they got there, do not know their name, they do not know what is going on. What signs/actions would the nurse note when assessing a client for suicidal ideation, ask patient if they have a plan How does the nurse determine the lethality of a suicide plan: • That is that hard and soft cues. What would the patient do or say? Examples of a hard method and soft method when confirming a patient has stated they have “a plan.” • Hard method: shoot myself, stage a car accident, jump off a building, I am going to do something dramatic. • Soft Method: I am going to take sleeping pills and go to