Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder characterized by a number of symptoms, which can be roughly divided into positive (delusions, hallucinations), negative
(social withdrawal and depression) and cognitive (disorganized thinking, denial of one's illness or poor insight into it, disorders of mental and emotional processes that lead to problems in everyday life) Purpose: To present schizophrenia in detail and to investigate which emergency conditions occur more often in these patients, how they are treated when they are life-threatening, and to find out what role nursing providers play in this process. Methods of work: We used a descriptive method with a review of domestic and foreign literature and a review of electronic sources. Literature was searched in English and Slovenian. Professional and scientific literature were included, from which we excluded diploma and master's theses and articles older than a decade. The search and review of the
literature lasted from June to May 2022. We searched for it with the help of remote access with the account of the University of Ljubljana in the databases MedLine, CINAHL,
COBIB, using the browsers Science Direct, Google scholar, PubMed. Results: Emergency conditions include mental disorders with deviation, which threaten any life, so the patient must be given immediate help. The goal of emergency intervention is to assess a patient with a mental disorder and define the problem, convey the findings and refer the patient for further treatment. Discussion and conclusion: By reviewing the professional literature, we investigated three emergency situations that patients with schizophrenia have to deal with. Nursing care providers play an important role in this, and the most important activities for
ensuring safety are the use of de-escalation techniques, the formation of a therapeutic relationship and the method of last resort, and the use of special protective measures. It is necessary to strive for methods with which the patient is not additionally agitated, while the central goal is to achieve his cooperation in the treatment. To achieve this goal, nursing providers must have a lot of empathy, respect, the necessary knowledge, they must be trustworthy, non-judgmental, in short, people with whom the patient with schizophrenia will feel safe and accepted.
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