Clinical Decision Making Case Studies in Psychiatric Nursing

by Richardson, Betty Kehl

• ISBN13: 9781401838454
• ISBN10: 1401838456
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-27
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning

Summary

This unique resource contains 40 psychiatric nursing case studies and questions, based on real-life client situations. Organized by difficulty level, the cases in this book and questions about each case history help to keep the focus on the client and the nursing process. Questions and answers are designed to address the need for empathy, attitude adjustment, opened-mindedness, trust building, maintaining confidentiality, limit setting, delegating appropriately, collaborating with other professionals and making decisions. Each scenario is practical and realistic. Critical problems arising in psychiatric nursing are addressed throughout the book, including those both common and rare. The user has an opportunity to decide appropriate nursing action if encountering each of the problems presented, to reflect on whether the nursing staff in the scenario made the best decision, and to provide a rationale for his or her answer. The user can then consult the suggested answer/rationale for remediation, and find what a reasonable and prudent psychiatric nurse would do in that particular situation. Legal and ethical concerns are addressed throughout the cases, which simulate concerns arising in similar real-life situations that nurses find while practicing. Clients with psychiatric problems are encountered in a variety of settings -such as medical or community- so nurses not specializing in psychiatric nursing are represented in some of the cases.

Table of Contents

Reviewers	vii
Preface	ix
Comprehensive Table of Variables	xiii
Part 1 The Client Experiencing Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders	1	(10)
Sarah	3	(4)
Dean	7	(4)
Part 2 The Client Experiencing Anxiety	11	(18)
Jim	13	(4)
Betty	17	(4)
Caroline	21	(4)
Claudia	25	(4)
Part 3 The Client Experiencing Depression or Mania	29	(18)
John	31	(4)
Maria	35	(4)
Candice	39	(4)
Elke	43	(4)
Part 4 The Client Who Abuses Chemical Substances	47	(16)
Ron	49	(4)
Margaret	53	(4)
Bennie	57	(2)
Pena	59	(4)
Part 5 The Client with a Personality Disorder	63	(30)
Vicky	65	(4)
George	69	(4)
Jim	73	(4)
Brad	77	(4)
Leah	81	(4)
Howard	85	(4)
Stan	89	(4)
Part 6 The Client Experiencing a Somatoform, Factitious, or Dissociative Disorder	93	(16)
Sarah Jane	95	(2)
Melba	97	(4)
Amanda	101	(4)
Linda	105	(4)
Part 7 The Client with Disorders of Self-Regulation	109	(14)
Sabine	111	(4)
Deidre	115	(4)
Edgar	119	(4)
Part 8 Special Populations: The Child, Adolescent, or Elderly Client	123	(38)
Len	125	(4)
Brandon	129	(4)
Christine	133	(4)
Phyu	137	(4)
Theera	141	(4)
Penny	145	(4)
Hannah	149	(4)
Elias	153	(4)
Martin	157	(4)
Part 9 Survivors of Violence or Abuse	161	(14)
Reata	163	(4)
Francis	167	(4)
Chuy	171	(4)
Index	175