Provide a nursing care plan for Sarahusing the Case Study on page 273 of your text. Discuss Sarahsneed for nursing care and how this relates to your care plan.
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Case Study: Client with Bipolar disorder.
Sarahas husband threatened to divorce her if she did not go with him to the emergency department of the metropolitan hospital for assessment. She was 39 years old, sporadically unemployed and had been functioning poorly for a number of years. During the past week Sarah had been partying all night with some new friends of hers and shopping during the day. She was an attractive woman, fast talking, cheerful and casually flirtatious. She easily became irritable when challenged.
About five years before, Sarah had experienced some mild depressive symptoms. She was listless, had trouble getting out of bed, and experienced intermittent insomnia and loss of appetite. This lasted for two months and then Sarah became well again.
Two years later, Sarahas father died. She had been very close to her father and felt his death harshly. She believed that she had not been a good enough daughter. Sarahas husband saw a dramatic change in his wife following her fatheras death. She had three weeks of remarkable energy, hyperactivity and euphoria. She would stay awake cleaning the house every night. She had a strong sexual interest in her husband and was bright , self-confident company. This was then followed by one week where she could barely lift herself out of bed. She slept for long periods and complained of exhaustion.
When Sarah was in one of her energetic periods, she was bright, energetic and brimming with self-confidence. She had worked in a car yard for many years and had months when she was the most successful dealer among her co-workers. She would spend excessively during these energetic periods, on such things as wide screen televisions, hi-fi equipment and hundreds of shoes.
Her husband also suspected her of having impulsive sexual encounters with her so-workers. On two occasions she was fired from her job for her erratic behaviour. She was then rehired by other firms soon after. However, towards the end of her energetic periods she became irritable and caustic, and she received complaints from her customers. Following these episodes she would go to bed for weeks at a time to try to deal with the depressive symptoms. She would not shower during these periods and would eat very little.
This pattern of alternating periods of excessive energy followed by depression, with a few a?normal functioninga days repeated itself over the next few years. It occurred most often near the anniversary of her fatheras death or when she felt under pressure at work.
However, on the last occasion, she had been without work for three months. She was out at night with a new circle of friends and shopping most of the day, running up debt. Her husband suspected she was using drugs.
Sarahas husband felt very frustrated and gave her the ultimatum. Though angry at first and denying that anything was wrong, Sarah agreed to be seen by the Doctor. He prescribed her a mood stabiliser, sodium valproate, which she was reluctant to take. After many false starts and much fighting between Sarah and her husband, Sarah was finally stabilised on the medication. She got her job back at the car dealership and was moderately successful. She stated that she missed the highs of her illness very much but was relieved she didnat have to experience the lows as well.
Mental Health Nursing Care Plan for Bipolar Patient
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