08.01 Psychological Review for CCRN Review
Included In This Lesson
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Communication in Psychosocial Emergencies
- Listen
- Accept
- Other self
- Maintain a non-threatening tone and Non-threatening posture
- Open ended questions
- Restate/paraphrase what the patient has stated
- Encourage perceptions — The patient gives their understanding of the situation
- Minimizes negativity towards the patients perceptions
- Decreases risk for further agitation
- Seek clarification of the patient
- Aggressive, Abusive, Violent patients
- Identify self
- Speak slowly and clearly with a non-threatening approach
- Listen
- Be non-judgmental and compassionate
- Show Respect
- Body language
- Space
- Look for changes in emotions
- Use of restraints
- Restraints are appropriate when there is:
- Acute danger to self or others or the patient is engaged in violent, dangerous behavior
- Restraints are sometimes appropriate in:
- Involuntary patients but depends on their behavior
- Restraints are never appropriate when:
- History of aggression
- Lack of supervision
- Voluntary patients
- No presence of acute danger
- Restraints are appropriate when there is:
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.