Mental Health Nursing: Symptoms, Interventions, and Venflaxine

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Running Head: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Mental health disorders
Anxiety and panic attack disorder
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Contents
Engaging with Barry during the interview...................................................................................................2
Listening..................................................................................................................................................2
Communication.......................................................................................................................................2
Patience...................................................................................................................................................3
Personal stress management..................................................................................................................3
A sense of humor.....................................................................................................................................3
Signs and symptoms to elicit a mental health disorder...............................................................................3
Fear and worry about the future.............................................................................................................4
Apnea and tachycardia............................................................................................................................4
Sleep disturbance and digestive upset....................................................................................................5
Clinical interventions to signs and symptoms of mental health disorder....................................................5
Cognitive therapy....................................................................................................................................6
Group therapy.........................................................................................................................................6
Behavioral therapy..................................................................................................................................6
Pharmacological therapy.........................................................................................................................6
Medical information about venflaxine........................................................................................................7
Mode of action and medical uses............................................................................................................7
Side effects of venflaxine.........................................................................................................................7
Suicide.....................................................................................................................................................7
Discontinuation syndrome.......................................................................................................................8
Serotonin syndrome................................................................................................................................8
Contraindications and drug interaction...................................................................................................8
Bibliography................................................................................................................................................9

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Engaging with Barry during the interview
Interpersonal skills are the most vital requirements for a nurse to successfully get
information from their clients. The nurse should be able to utilize these skills in every
situation, because nurses are the liaison between patients and medical practitioners. Nursing
involves a lot of interaction with clients and their unique needs, mastering the art of
communication by using interpersonal skills enables the nurse to make the most out of the
interaction (Arnold, 2015). Some of the skills that the nurse would use during the interaction
with Barry are; listening, communication, patience, personal stress management and sense of
humor.
Listening
It is the most important aspect of a communication the nurse should be able to listen
to their client. This skill is the cornerstone of every communication that takes place between a
nurse and their client. The nurse should be able to listen to the clients concerns actively and
passively, without judging the client this will make the client more comfortable and relaxed
which allows the client to disclose details that will be very beneficial in making a diagnosis.
Communication
This is another skill that the nurse would utilize to successfully deduce information
from the client. The nurse needs to understand all aspect of communication; that is verbal and
non-verbal cues from the patient (Bach, 2015). Verbal communication is the exchange of
words that takes place between the nurse and the client while non-verbal communication is the
communication that the patient’s engages in unconsciously such as facial expressions and body

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language.
Patience
A nurse should always be patient with the client. Patience means allowing the client
time to internalize information in order for them to communicate what they are actually feeling
with honesty. The nurse should remaining calm at all times and allow the client time to process
what they want to say accurately. Patience helps in promoting the clients trust in the nurse.
Personal stress management
Nurses are human and they are subjected to all forms of stress just like any other
person; however a nurse should be able to manage her personal life separately from her work
life. Personal stress management ensures that the nurse is able to listen and communicate with
their client even when the client is not co-operating and it helps them not lash out on patients.
A sense of humor
Nursing is a very stressful career whereby you meet all sort of people with differing
beliefs and ideology. Being humorous helps the nurse cope and relieve tension that comes with
the profession.
Signs and symptoms to elicit a mental health disorder
Some of the signs and symptoms that may alert the nurse about Barry experiencing
a mental health disorder are, fear and worry about the future, episodes of apnea and tachycardia
and sleep disturbances accompanied by digestive upset (Association., 2013).