Week 4 discussion
Interventions for a
Patient in the Clinical Setting with a Mood Disorder
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.
