1.

For mood disorders, Lithium is a drug of choice for the treatment of Mania. Lithium toxicity is a potential medical emergency.

• Outline your teaching plan that you will prepare for a group patient that are currently taking Lithium.
• Your teaching plan should include the information that you are intending to share with your patients.
• Provide short notes for the information that you will discuss with the patients

2.

As a newly graduate you have been asked by the Team Leader of your ward to discuss the Extrapyramidal side effect of Antipsychotics. Use the  table below to organize the information that you feel is important to be addressed in this meeting

	Side effects	Description of symptoms	Time you will expect the symptoms to appear	Nursing intervention
1
2
3
4
5

Describe the key features and intervention for the following side effects

• Photosensitivity
• Anticholinergic
• Endocrine

 

3.

Nonadherence is an issue usually experienced by patients/clients that are taking Psychotropic medications.

• Discuss reasons for non-adherence/noncompliance of medication amongst people suffering from Mental disorders
• Discuss intervention that you may use to minimize nonadherence