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- Title
Calming the Agitated Patient: Providing Strategies to Support Clinicians.
- Authors
Mulkey, Malissa A.; Munro, Cindy L.
- Abstract
Agitation is a symptom of many medical and psychiatric disorders that can manifest along a spectrum of severity. Agitation often delays treatment onset, potentially impacting morbidity and mortality, and may require emergency interventions. Management of acute agitation centers around three main goals: early recognition and treatment of the underlying etiology, rapid control of the behavior, and prevention of harm to the patient and personnel. Nurses should increase use of validated techniques, including frequent and sufficient reality orientation, validation therapy, and strategies that improve the individual's quality of life.
- Subjects
EMOTION regulation; REALITY therapy; MEDICAL care; NURSING; PATIENTS; QUALITY of life; SAFETY; SELF-control; VALIDATION therapy; AGITATION (Psychology); HARM reduction; CONTINUING education units
- Publication
MEDSURG Nursing, 2021, Vol 30, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
1092-0811
- Publication type
Article