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ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ANGRY PATIENTS By Dr Cendrella Hojeily CMC. WHAT IS ANGER?. Anger is a signal to you that something in your environment isn’t right. It captures your attention and motivates you to take action to correct that wrong thing. Constructive way/ destructive way.
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ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ANGRY PATIENTS By Dr CendrellaHojeily CMC
WHAT IS ANGER? Anger is a signal to you that something in your environment isn’t right. It captures your attention and motivates you to take action to correct that wrong thing. Constructive way/ destructive way
At CMC SHOULD WE CARE? WHY? • UP TO 50% OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS ARE VICTIM OF VIOLENCE SOMETIME DURING THEIR CAREER JAMA 1998 • The majority have been verbally threatened • 51% of physicians and 67% of nurses had been physically assaulted 2/3 of them had received no inadequate training in managing combative patients
Differential diagnosis Mnemonic FIND ME • FUNCTIONAL • INFECTIOUS • NEUROLOGIC • DRUGS • METABOLIC • ENDOCRINE
MANAGING ANGER • VERBAL TECHNICQUES NON REACTIONAL NON JUDGMENTAL REORGANIZE • RESTRAINTS • MEDICATIONS • REASSESS
THANK YOU BY DR CENDRELLA HOJEILY