NURS310 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Anxiety, Major Depressive Disorder, Trust Law
20 Nov 2018
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Nurs310: management of hallucinations and delusions, hallucinations. Linda brzustowicz talks about nos1ap: hallucinations www. youtube. com/watch?v=agzhosxn5ce. Alternative view: assessment overcome obstacles, approaches. Seek information conversationally: directly but supportively seek information. Seek other sources for information (varcarolis, p. 296: assessment, assess patient, assess what is the person hearing or seeing. Are you hearing voices and what are you hearing . Safety issue- ask if voices are directing the person to harm self or others (command hallucination?) Do they plan to follow the command: assess yourself countertransference. Interventions (cont. : approach, watch for nonverbal cues, do not react to the hallucination as if they are real, do not address the voices, do not negate the person"s experience but offer your perceptions. Provide education i. e. , voices are part of the illness and allow to determine meaning of these through exploration. If telling to harm self or others notify police, physician and/or administration: document what client says, decrease environmental stimuli.
