- Personality disorders
- Cognitive impairment
- Mood disorders
- Substance use disorders
No category found.
- Medication non-adherence
- Fluid volume overload
- Acute kidney injury
- Hypoglycemia
- Take the temperature immediately
- Wait 15-30 minutes before taking the temperature
- Take a rectal temperature instead
- Add 2 degrees to the reading
- Normal side effects of Lithium
- Lithium toxicity
- Onset of a new viral infection
- Hypoglycemia
- 15 degrees
- 30 degrees
- 45 degrees
- 90 degrees
- Maintain confidentiality as per general client-therapist privilege
- Report to the appropriate child protective services agency
- Advise the client to seek legal counsel
- Encourage the client to stop the behavior on their own
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Hypertensive crisis
- At least 1 inch (2.5 cm)
- At least 2 inches (5 cm)
- No more than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
- At least 4 inches (10 cm)
- Allow the member to continue, as it shows engagement
- Politely interrupt, acknowledge their contribution, and invite others to share
- Confront the member aggressively
- End the group session early
- Antidepressants
- Benzodiazepines
- Opioids
- Antipsychotics
- Wearing a surgical mask only
- Using alcohol-based hand sanitizer before and after patient contact
- Washing hands with soap and water before and after patient contact
- Wearing a gown and gloves only
- Agree with the hallucination to build rapport
- Challenge the hallucination directly
- Acknowledge their experience, but reorient them to reality (e.g., "I don't see anyone, but I can see you're distressed")
- Ignore the behavior completely
- Routine; can wait until morning rounds
- Moderate; can be managed with over-the-counter pain relievers
- High; requires immediate medical evaluation and imaging
- Low; likely a tension headache
- Mood and affect
- Personality traits
- Cognitive function (e.g., orientation, memory, attention)
- Physical dexterity
- Encourage consumption of leafy green vegetables
- Limit intake of foods high in Vitamin K
- Increase intake of grapefruit juice
- Avoid all dairy products
- Ask the patient to transfer themselves
- Ensure the wheelchair is unlocked and far from the bed
- Use a gait belt and ensure the wheelchair is locked and positioned correctly
- Have the patient stand up quickly
- Hand them a tissue and say nothing
- Offer a brief, empathetic statement, and allow them space to compose themselves
- Tell them to stop crying and pull themselves together
- Change the subject to something lighter
- Opioid withdrawal
- Alcohol withdrawal
- Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome
- Hypoglycemia
- Flush the tube with 60 mL of sterile water
- Crush all medications together and mix with juice
- Elevate the head of the bed to at least 30-45 degrees
- Clamp the tube immediately after medication administration
