Interventions For A Patient In The Clinical Setting
Interventions For A Patient In The Clinical Setting
In this discussion, you’ll describe a patient with a mood disorder and the appropriate nursing interventions. Please answer the following questions in your initial posting:
Describe a client from your clinical setting or previous experience who experienced depression or mania. Include a brief history and 3-5 most pertinent medications.
Identify one problem that was not resolved with the treatment regimen. What are the reasons it may not have been successful? Include nursing as well as other team members.
Identify one effective nursing intervention and why you feel it worked.
Overall, do you feel this client was kept safe? Why or why not?
Please provide supporting evidence for your answers.
Respond to at least to two other classmates and explain if you agree or disagree with how they would handle a client who was having those symptoms. If you do not agree, please provide how they could have approached the client differently.
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