A 28-year-old elementary school teacher begins to exhibit uncharacteristic behav

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A 28-year-old elementary school teacher begins to exhibit uncharacteristic behaviors such as having multiple sexual partners, engaging in compulsive online shopping, barely sleeping, dressing in a more provocative fashion, and attending frequent “wild” parties. Friends and family report these recent behaviors as “totally unlike her,” describing her as a normally conservative, responsible person. Her cousin, who lives nearby, becomes concerned and accompanies the woman to a Crisis Unit where she is subsequently diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and admitted to a Mental Health Unit. 

Initial Discussion Post:

Address the following:

What is the priority RN action for this client?
Which medical concerns may be significant, considering this client’s recent behavior?
Discuss what the RN would teach the client about Bipolar Disorder.
Provide two 3-part nursing diagnosis statements that might be appropriate for this client. (Note: Each statement must include an actual NANDA-I nursing diagnosis [no risk-for diagnoses], related factor, and “as evidenced by.”)

Explanation / Answer

What is the priority RN action for this client?

Patient safety should be the priority RN action for this client since patient with bipolar disorder have suicidal tendency.The risk of injuries should also be identified at the earliest.

Which medical concerns may be significant, considering this client’s recent behavior?

The medical concerns that may be significant would be:

Discuss what the RN would teach the client about Bipolar Disorder?

Each and every question of the client must be answered by the RN.The RN must encourage as well as advice the client to take the medications as prescribed by the doctor.The client must first made to understand about his/her abnormal behavior and this should be followed by an explanation of the disease characteristics.The patient should be explained politely and convincingly that he/she should cooperate and follow benefits of understanding their disease and how it cured be cured with their cooperation.The client should be provided good resources,websites etc to understand better about their which will be very helpful for their faster recovery.

Provide two 3-part nursing diagnosis statements that might be appropriate for this client.

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