英文摘要 |
This paper describes the nursing experience of an early-onset schizophrenic patient who had poor drug adherence and was hospitalized 12 times in seven years. The nursing period was from February 1 to March 15, 2016. During this period, data was collected from holistic nursing assessments with regard to the physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual aspects of the patient. Findings identified major health problems in the patient, including potential violent behavior, perceptional changes, and lack of autonomy in taking medication. Given the circumstances, the author showed sincerity, care, acceptance, and respect toward the patient during the nursing period and established a therapeutic interpersonal relationship with her. An individualized medication card was used to show the drug effects, adverse events, and dosage of the medications, as well as its administration time and methods. The purposes were to encourage the patient, train her in medication planning, offer her health education organized by medication groups, and offer guidance to help her understand that drug adherence will help control psychiatric symptoms and signs. Nursing care was successful in establishing the patient's positive perception toward therapy, reducing the frequency of auditory hallucination, blocking out the interference of auditory hallucination using appropriate response skills, and teaching the patient the importance of emotional self-control in reducing violent clashes with family members. Together, the common goal of “taking medication according to physiciane's instructions” was achieved. The patient was able to return to her family and social life and was transferred back to a day-care ward for continuing treatment. |