Water intoxication: one nursing staff's response and intervention.
Water intoxication is a significant problem for psychiatric nurses, especially those in long-term care settings. Water intoxication can cause psychological and physiological symptoms which can lead to death. The programme described in the paper can significantly modify and change patient behaviour and assist patients in controlling their own impulses to participate in self-limiting fluid and their own self-care satisfactorily.
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Bethel College, Mishawaka, Indiana 46545.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014869:Water Intoxication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology