Professional Documents
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Section: N31
Subject: Psychiatric Nursing RLE
Subjective cues: Impaired social Short term goal: Independent: Short term goal:
● No subjective interaction related
cues were noted difficulty communication Within 1 hour of nursing 1.Assess with client 1.Increased anxiety can After 1 hour of nursing
intervention, the patient symptoms he intensify agitation, intervention, the patient
and inadequate
will be able to experiences when he or aggressiveness, and was able to
Objective cues: emotional response demonstrate trust in she begins to feel suspiciousness. demonstrate trust in
caregiver as evidenced anxious around others. caregiver as evidenced
● Inappropriate by facial by facial
emotional responsiveness and responsiveness and
response/ Flat eye contact within 2. Keep client in an 2.Client might respond eye contact within
affect specified time environment as free of to noises and crowding specified time
● Unable to make stimuli (loud noises, with agitation, anxiety,
eye contact Long term goal: crowding) as possible. and increased inability Long term goal
● Observed use of to concentrate on
unsuccessful Within 3 days of nursing outside events. After 3 days of nursing
social intervention the patient intervention the patient
interactions will initiate social 3. Develop a 3.Therapeutic was able initiate social
behaviors interaction (physical, therapeutic nurse-client relationship promotes interaction (physical,
● Use of verbal, nonverbal) with relation through understanding and can verbal, nonverbal) with
monotone caregiver by discharge frequent brief contacts help establish a caregiver by discharge
● Lack of gestures from treatment and an accepting constructive from treatment
when speaking attitude. relationship between
● Unable to the nurse and the client.
respond to
some questions 4.Avoid touching the 4.Touch by an unknown
● Slow to respond client. person can be
questions misinterpreted as a
sexual or threatening
gesture. This is
particularly true for a
paranoid client.
5.Structure activities 5.Client can lose
that work at the client’s interest in activities that
pace and activity. are too ambitious,
which can increase a
sense of failure.
Subjective cues: Disturbed thought Short term goal: Independent: Short term goal:
“Hi my name is Bill…. I process related to
like T-shirts…. I like ice neurobiological Within 3 hours of 1. Assess attention 1. Determine ability to After 3 hours of nursing
cream…” as verbalized alteration related to nursing intervention, the span/distractibility and participate in planning intervention, the pt was
by the pt. Schizoaffective pt will be able to show ability to make and executing care able to show increased
Disorder increased concentration decisions or problem concentration
solve.
Objective cues:
● Alogia Long term goal: 2. Orient client 2.Brief frequent Long term goal:
● Flat affect continuously to actual orientation helps the pt
● Unable to make Within 3 days of nursing environment, place, to realize the reality. After 3 days of nursing
eye contact intervention the patient persons, time and date, intervention the patient
● Looseness of will be able to maintain when needed. was able to maintain
association is reality orientation and reality orientation and
noted; “I..my communication with communication with
name is Bill. I others. 3. Use touch cautiously, 3. Clients who are others.
am from a particularly if thoughts suspicious may
different country. reveal ideas of perceive touch as
There are many persecution. threatening and may
bugs in my respond with
house” aggression.
● Flight of ideas is
observed; chair 4. Give positive 4.Positive
and table= reinforcement as client reinforcement
“They are not is able to differentiate enhances self-esteem
the same. One between reality based and encourages
is plastic the and non-reality based repetition of desirable
other one… I thinking behaviors
have some blue
chairs”
● Circumstantiality 5.Use the techniques of 5. These techniques
is noted; Poetry consensual validation reveal to the client how
and Painting= and seeking clarification he is being perceived
“Red, yellow, when communication by others, while the
green, blue, reflects alteration in responsibility for not
frame. They are thinking (Examples: “Is understanding is
not the same” it that you mean ...?” or accepted by the nurse.
“I don’t understand
what you mean by that.
Would you please
explain?”)