Mental Health ATI focused review

Mental Health ATI focused review Coordinated Care: Establishing Priorities 1. Managing Client Care: Organizing Client Care on a Mental Health Unit 2. Managing Client Care: Priority Implementation of Care on a Mental Health Unit for a Group of Clients 3. Personality Disorders: Prioritizing Client Care for a Group of Clients Safety and Infection Control 4. Accident/Error/Injury Prevention - Cognitive disorders: family teaching 5. Least Restrictive Restraints and Safety Devices - Anger Management: Least Restrictive Restraint measures 6. Least Restrictive Restraints and Safety Devices - Legal and Ethical issues: Mechanical Restraints Psychosocial integrity 7. Behavioral Management - Anger Management: Anger Control Assistance 8. Behavioral Management - Bipolar Disorders: Goal of Partial Hospitalization Program 9. Chemical and Other Dependencies - Medications for Substance Use Disorders: Reinforcing Discharge Teaching for Heroin Use Disorder 10. Mental health Concepts - Eating disorders: Clinical Findings of Bulimia Nervosa 11. Sensory/Perceptual Alteration - Psychotic Disorders: Auditory Hallucinations 12. Therapeutic Communication - Creating and Maintaining a Therapeutic and Safe Environment: Planning for Therapeutic Relationships Pharmacological Therapies 13. Expected Actions/Outcomes - Medications for Bipolar Disorders: Client Education about Mood Stabilizers Reduction of Risk Potential 14. Potential for Complications of Diagnostic Tests/Treatments/Procedures - Brain Stimulation Therapies: Reinforcing Client Teaching about Electroconvulsive 1. Coordinated Care: Establishing Priorities Managing Client Care: Organizing Client Care on a Mental Health Unit - Clinical reasoning guides the nurse through the process of assessing and compiling data o Nurse must assess first - Prioritize actual problems before potential future problems - One way to set priorities is based upon Maslow’s hierarchy of needs o Focus on physiological (such as food etc) before other needs ▪ Ex: offer high caloric fluids to prevent dehydration and exhaustion **In this question, the nurse prioritized care and chose to first offer high caloric fluids to a constantly pacing client. Other options were a helping a client with anxiety disorder practice relaxation technique, assisting a client w/ a decision re: group activities, or encouraging a client to verbalize feelings of hopelessness.