NRSG 3400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Psychiatric And Mental Health Nursing, Biopsychosocial Model, Intellectual Disability
29 Oct 2018
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Identify 3 essential features of the science and art of psychiatric nursing. Biopsychosocial approach: understanding of the client in a holistic sense, pathophysiology, psychological and emotional adaptation to stressors. Biological, social, psychological - all interact to form biopsychocial model. We can then look at all components of a patient: medical conditions, mental illness, social history. Axis ii: borderline personality disorder & mental retardation. Axis v: present functional level [0-100 scale] specific disorder; everyone is using same criteria. Dsm multiaxial system of dx: axis i major diagnostic category, axis ii personality disorders, mental retardation, axis iii medical diagnoses, axis iv psychosocial stressors, axis v functional level. Nursing diagnosis: identification of problem amenable to nursing interventions [medical diagnosis - city, Nursing diagnosis - street: case example, mr. j. is a 37yr old white male who presents to the emergency room with complaints of chest tightness, diaphoresis, and trembling.
