Question

What are important safety measures a nurse should take when working with someone with bulimia.

Answer 1

Bulimia nervosa is defined as indulges in eating binges followed by purging behaviours.They person feel an intense loss of control,is aware of that their eating behaviour is abmormal and frequently reports low self esteem ,guilt and self loathing.The particular signs and symptoms include electrolyte imbalance,cardiac irregularities,dehydration and so on ,the risk of death for the bulimic individual due to some system overload,and suscide is also be high .So the bulimic individual need frequent observation.

The safety measures need to be considered is:

A.Avoid talking about the weight.

B.Be accepting and nonjudgemental

C.Encourage them to express the feelings of eating behaviour.

D.Close observation is important.

E.Monitor them in meal time

F.Assess sucidal potential.

G.Encourage psychotherapy