Personality disorders

[beautydenia]

hi everyone, please help me if you can, im starting my new rotation which is the psychiatric rotation. Can you share to me the important details that i must know or any tips that can be very useful as I start my psychiatric rotation. Another thing is, i was given the task to report in our wardclass about personality disorders, would anybody share with me notes, references and sites that contains topics/concepts about psychiatric nursing , samples of behavior analysis, process recording and :):):)especially topics on personality disorders. Thank you so much, more power to all.:bow::bow:

[lulu997RN]

Very important not to give any personal infromation about yourself to your patients.

Personality disorder are diagnosed when personality traits become inflexible and maladaptive and starts to interfere with how a person functions in society or starts to cause the person emotional distress. it is usually not diagnosed until adulthood when personality has completely formed. personality disorders are long standing because personality characteristics are hard to change. people with personality disorders believe their problems are caused by others or the world in general, they don't recognize their own behavior as the source of difficulty. for more info you can look up this book "Psychiatric Mental health Nursing" 3rd ed. author sheila L. Videbeck. their is also samples of process recording in this book. Good luck! Psych rotation is surely DIFFERENT and intriguing!

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

Process Recording

• http://people.uncw.edu/gray/curric/sum2000/IPR.htm - guideline on how to prepare an interpersonal process recording from University of North Carolina at Wilmington school of nursing
  
• http://healthscience.cypresscollege.edu/~rn/UpdatedformsCypressRNsite6-07/Therapeutic%20Communication%20Recording%20Format.pdf - this is the template for a process recording used at Cypress College nursing program in Cypress, California.

Therapeutic Communication

• http://www2.nemcc.edu/RLansdell/web/Communication%20test-taking%20strategies_files/frame.htm - a really nice slide show on therapeutic communication. Includes techniques, scenarios and blocks to communication.
  
• http://www.childbirths.com/euniversity/therapuetic.htm - Therapeutic Communication. A discussion about therapeutic communication that includes a nice listing of examples of appropriate open-ended responses to make to patients to get them to talk.
  
• http://faculty.mc3.edu/rbenfiel/NUR109/NUR109Communication/sld001.htm - Communication. A slide show (18 slides)
  
• http://www.education4skills.com/thecom/Contents.html - therapeutic communication skills tutorial - page of links to subjects covered
  
• http://monsoon.he.net/~eri/realaudio/therapeutic/thera.htm - a lecture series on therapeutic communication and the nursing process on CDs that you can access at this website from Education Resources, Inc. You need a real player to view the video.