NURS354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Least Restrictive Environment, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Group Psychotherapy
20 Feb 2019
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Lecture 2: mental health = adaptation and resilience, depression = #1 cause of disability causing years lost, worldwide, 1/4 people have a diagnosable mental illness in some point in their lives (this means they meet the. Brief length of stay - the minute they can go to a lower environment (less restrictive) they go; maybe outpatient 3 nights a week. Never put them down screws in the windows are all down dont allow anyone you don"t know to enter or exit the unit. Keep your keys and badge in a secure place on your person. Frequent orientation of patients to unit rules/expectations, programming. Appropriate and respectful and timely feedback, limit setting. Open-ended questions (broad) - how are you feeling today, what brings you here (my mothers car vs. my family is sick of my drinking); (if my mothers car) did your mom bring you here. Symptom onset, duration - how long has it been going on.
