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    This document defines a crisis and outlines the phases and approaches to crisis intervention. It describes common crisis responses including psychiatric disorders, psychological responses like grief, and behavioral responses like family violence. It then discusses the nurse's role in assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning and various techniques for crisis intervention. Interventions include ensuring safety, supporting expression of feelings, identifying precipitants, mobilizing social support, assisting with problem solving and coping skills, and regular follow up.

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    This document defines a crisis and outlines the phases and approaches to crisis intervention. It describes common crisis responses including psychiatric disorders, psychological responses like grief, and behavioral responses like family violence. It then discusses the nurse's role in assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning and various techniques for crisis intervention. Interventions include ensuring safety, supporting expression of feelings, identifying precipitants, mobilizing social support, assisting with problem solving and coping skills, and regular follow up.

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    This document defines a crisis and outlines the phases and approaches to crisis intervention. It describes common crisis responses including psychiatric disorders, psychological responses like grief, and behavioral responses like family violence. It then discusses the nurse's role in assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning and various techniques for crisis intervention. Interventions include ensuring safety, supporting expression of feelings, identifying precipitants, mobilizing social support, assisting with problem solving and coping skills, and regular follow up.

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    This document defines a crisis and outlines the phases and approaches to crisis intervention. It describes common crisis responses including psychiatric disorders, psychological responses like grief, and behavioral responses like family violence. It then discusses the nurse's role in assessment, potential nursing diagnoses, planning and various techniques for crisis intervention. Interventions include ensuring safety, supporting expression of feelings, identifying precipitants, mobilizing social support, assisting with problem solving and coping skills, and regular follow up.

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    CRISIS INTERVENTION

    Crisis is defined as occuring when a person faces an obstacle to important life goals that is, for a time, insurmountable through the utilization of customary methods of problem solving. A period of disorganisation ensues ,a period of upset during which many abortive attempts at solution are made. (Caplan)

    Donna Auguilera and Janice Mesnick

    Types of crisis
    Maturational crisis (developmental crisis) situational crisis Adventitious crisis

    Crisis responses
    Psychiatric responses Organic mental disorders secondary to head injury, toxic exposure,illness and dehydration Acute stress disorder Adjustment disorder Substance abuse Major depression PTSD generalized anxiety disorder

    Psychological or behavioral responses


    grief reactions family violence self directed violence

    PHASES OF CRISIS INTERVENTION


    Assessment Planning of therapeutic intervention Intervention crisis resolution and anticipatory planning

    ROLE OF THE NURSE


    Assessment Precipitating event or stressor Patients perception of event or stressor Nature and strength of the patients support systems and coping resources Patients previous strength and coping mechanism

    NURING DIAGNOSIS
    risk for self directed violence risk for other directed violence related to anger anxiety related to sense of unknown fear related to sense of precipitating event hopelessness related to sense of inability to recover from crisis powerlessness related to sense of being overwhelmed ineffective coping related to inability to handle the situation

    sleep pattern disturbance related to sense of inability to overcome the crisis chronic low self esteem related to lack of self confidence social isolation related to lack of interest impaired social interaction related to fear or threat caregiver role strain related to inadequate coping mechanisms spiritual distress dysfunctional grieving related to actual or perceived object loss

    Planning and Implementation.

    INDIVIDUAL APPROACH

    GENERAL APPROACH

    GENERIC SUPPORT

    ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION

    techniques of crisis intervention


    Catharsis Clarification Suggestion Reinforcement of behaviour Support of defenses Raising self esteem Exploration of solutions

    NURSING INTERVENTIONS
    assess for any suicidal, homicidal thoughts or plans initiate necessary precautions to safeguard the patient or others at risk of physical harm encourage expression of feelings in a non destructive manner take initial steps to make client feel safe and to lower anxiety Provide an atmosphere of support. assist in identification of precipitants and dynamics of crisis

    listen carefully(make eye contact,give frequent feedback to make sure you understand, summarise what client said at the end.) identify needed social support and mobilize the most needed first

    provide guidance about how to develop and maintain support systems identify needed coping skills(problem solving, relaxation ,assertiveness,job training, newborn care, selfesteem raising) assist in identification of personal strength and abilities that can be used in resolving crisis introduce the patient to persons who have successfully undergone the same experience plan with client interventions acceptable to both client and counsellor. Assist in identification of alternative courses of action in resolving the crisis Assist in formulating a time frame for implementation of the chosen course of action Assist in evaluation of the possible consequences of various courses of action

    Plan regular follow up to assess clients progress Evaluate whether the crisis has been resolved by the chosen course of action Plan with the patient how adaptive coping skills can be used to deal with crisis in future

    SETTINGS FOR CRISIS INTERVENTION MODALITIES OF CRISIS INTERVENTION Mobile crisis programs Telephone contacts Disaster response Victim outreach programs

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