Nursing care for patients with Amphetamine psychosis and complications of Rhabdomyolysis : case study.

Abstract

     This study was case study. The objective was to study nursing care for patients with Amphetamine psychosis and complications of Rhabdomyolysis. The study was conducted on a 24-year-old male patient who presented with hallucinations, paranoid that someone was harming him, rampaging, and destroying property 15 minutes before coming to the hospital. The patient had a history of using substances, including amphetamine, B5, and Rohypnol.

     The study's results found that the patients experience hallucinations, paranoid that someone is harming him, paranoid that someone was harming him, aggressive, and are uncooperative in treatment and nursing. Behavior restricted by restraint, rhabdomyolysis, hypokalemia, hypoproteinemia, anemia, inappropriate coping with stress, may return to addictive substances, and lack knowledge about self-care when him go back home. Treatment was received with antipsychotics, intravenous fluids, antibiotics, and analgesic drugs. Important nurse care includes preventing patients from self-harming and harming another person, preventing acute renal failure, relieving pain from rhabdomyolysis, ensuring adequate fluids, electrolytes, and nutrients, providing counseling and training in stress-coping skills, providing education and advice on preventing relapse to addictive substances, and self-care when going back home. After receiving medical treatment and nursing care, most of the problems were resolved. The remaining problems were self-care in preventing the relapse of substance abuse, which required continuous monitoring. The doctor discharged him to go home. The total hospitalization period was 7 days.