Nursing Diagnosis for Self Mutilation
Risk for self-mutilation related to fright of rejection, the natural feeling depressed, angry reaction, the inability to limited feelings verbally, the threat of self-esteem due to embarrassment, loss of jobs too and thence forth.
Goal :
- Short-term goals: the customer volition attempt the help of staff if at that spot is a feeling similar self-mutilation
- Long-term goal: customer volition non hold upward self-mutilation
Nursing Interventions for Self Mutilation
- Observation of the behaviour of clients, to a greater extent than oftentimes through routine activities too interactions, avoid the impression of surveillance too suspicion on the client
- Establish verbal contact alongside the customer that he would inquire for help if the wish for self-mutilation is felt (to beak over suicidal feelings alongside people you lot trust)
- If self-mutilation occurs, injure attention non to disturb the customer alongside the cause, produce non give positive reinforcement for such behaviour (the lack of attending to maladaptive behaviors tin cut back repetition mutilation).
- Encourage clients to beak virtually the feelings he had earlier this behaviour occurs (in fellowship to sympathize the problem)
- Act every bit a model inward which the correct to limited anger (suicidal behaviour is seen every bit anger directed at ourselves)
- Remove all unsafe objects from the customer environs (the security of clients is a priority for curing)
- Navigate dorsum to the distribution of physical mutilation behaviour (physical practise is a prophylactic agency to channel the pent-up tension)
- Commitment of all staff to give spirit to the client
- Give medication according to the resultant of collaboration, monitor effectiveness, too side effects
- Use of mechanical restrict when circumstances strength according to the physical care for remains
- Observations restrict clients inward every xv minutes / according to the physical care for fixed past times considering the safety, circulation, basic needs (safety of clients is a priority nursing)