Nurse
Mental Health
1. Panic attack
Abrupt experience of intense fear and discomfort, consumer feels a sudden elevation of fear, may occur anytime. Consumer having the attack show’s physical symptoms such as dizzines and palpitation.
How it relates to or affects my clinical practice:
If the consumer is having panic attack the nurse can calm the consumer and the nurse can assisst the consumer through out the episode of the attack.
Refrences: Barlow, D. And Durand, M. (2008). Abnormal psychologyan integrative aprouch. (Fifth edition., 121-124). Canada: Wadsworth.
Sims, A. (2003). Symptoms in the mind., An introduction to descriptive psychopathology. (Third edition.,328). New England: Saundres.
2. Phobia
Consumer shows unreasonable and unexplained fear of a certain animal, insect, place, situation. Some people may feel an extreme fear of riding a bus or a train. Some shows excessive fear towards a large crowd.
How it relates to or affects my clinical practice:
A nurse understand that a certain people has fears, everybody has a phobia, understanding the consumer’s feeling will be helpfull and will promote an open communication to discuss such fear inorder to resolve it.
Refrences: Nevid, J. And Rathus, S. (2006). Abnormalpsychology in changing world. (sixth edition.,52-191). New Jersey: Pearson.
Sims, A. (2003). Symptoms in the mind., An introduction to descriptive psychopathology.(Third edition.,308-401). New England. Saunders.
3. Delirium
Consumer with delirium show’s detachment with the environment, unaware of specific information about themselves and others. Disoriented and confused, has low attention span. May caused
1. Panic attack
Abrupt experience of intense fear and discomfort, consumer feels a sudden elevation of fear, may occur anytime. Consumer having the attack show’s physical symptoms such as dizzines and palpitation.
How it relates to or affects my clinical practice:
If the consumer is having panic attack the nurse can calm the consumer and the nurse can assisst the consumer through out the episode of the attack.
Refrences: Barlow, D. And Durand, M. (2008). Abnormal psychologyan integrative aprouch. (Fifth edition., 121-124). Canada: Wadsworth.
Sims, A. (2003). Symptoms in the mind., An introduction to descriptive psychopathology. (Third edition.,328). New England: Saundres.
2. Phobia
Consumer shows unreasonable and unexplained fear of a certain animal, insect, place, situation. Some people may feel an extreme fear of riding a bus or a train. Some shows excessive fear towards a large crowd.
How it relates to or affects my clinical practice:
A nurse understand that a certain people has fears, everybody has a phobia, understanding the consumer’s feeling will be helpfull and will promote an open communication to discuss such fear inorder to resolve it.
Refrences: Nevid, J. And Rathus, S. (2006). Abnormalpsychology in changing world. (sixth edition.,52-191). New Jersey: Pearson.
Sims, A. (2003). Symptoms in the mind., An introduction to descriptive psychopathology.(Third edition.,308-401). New England. Saunders.
3. Delirium
Consumer with delirium show’s detachment with the environment, unaware of specific information about themselves and others. Disoriented and confused, has low attention span. May caused
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