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My 37 year old male patient has a history of anxiety. My initial assessment, I assessed the patient cognitive level and monitor vital signs. I wanted to rule out cardiovascular issues and ensure the patient is receiving enough oxygen. The patient is screaming and visualizing thing that are not there. As the nurse I recognize that the patient is having hallucinations and is unable to speak. The assessment shows that the patient is experiencing a panic attack.
Some nursing intervention for a patient that is having a panic attack are active listening, medicating, and using relaxation techniques. Stress reducing technique are not as effective in this current situation. The techniques are to deeply relax all muscles, and sit quietly in a comfortable position.(Varcarolis, 2020) The most effective nursing intervention is medication administration. Medications that are used for short term use would be ativan, valium, and xanax. I would use these medication to help reduce the behaviors attached to the current panic attack.
Respond and explain if you agree or disagree with how they would handle a client who was having severe anxiety. If you do not agree, please provide how they could have approached the client differently, and provide supporting rationale and citations. in 5 paragraph
The way they handled the client is right. It should have been done in the same manner. Assessment of the client's current condition should be the first step as all the interventions are based on the assessment data. The cognition level and vital signs should be assessed along with providing a comfortable and relaxed position to the client.
it is very clear that because of the right assessment at right time he was able to find that the client is experiencing hallucinations and experiencing panic attacks.
The first intervention of a panic attack should be a comfortable position active listening medication, and relaxing techniques. All these interventions were done very correctly
there are many stress-relieving techniques but they should be done when the client is feeling relaxed after an attack. But at the current time medication would be the best intervention as it will make the client symptomless quickly. We can use stress-relieving techniques to set long term goals.
The above-mentioned medications are used for anxiety and panic attacks. Medicating a client will reduce symptoms and the client more comfortable so that can go for further treatment.