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.
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When two weeks lapsed, the patient was back again at the clinic claiming the drugs he consumed had no effect. Another test was done, and the nurses found that he was suffering from severe depression. Besides, based on the information provided by his wife and son revealed that he changed his behavior since the onset of symptoms, being insecure and emotional about himself lost his temper due to seemingly insignificant events, snoring, and his breathing frequently paused while sleeping. Consequently, the nurses noted that Citalopram, when used to treat depression, slightly improved the patient depression and reduced anxiety symptoms. However, the patient welcomed the nurse’s decision to undergo cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help cope with his job situation and self-esteem. Four weeks after the onset of CBT, the patient began to undergo consistent positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP).
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