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Title: A community mental health nurse visits a client who lives in a community residence. On two ... Post by: Tyhoops97 on Jan 20, 2018 A community mental health nurse visits a client who lives in a community residence. On two
sequential visits, the client makes veiled references to receiving verbally abusive treatment at the hands of one of the residence aides. The action the nurse should take is to a. understand that psychiatric clients often feel abused. b. listen and wait to see if the client continues to report the abuse. c. confront the residence aide with the client's allegations. d. report the client's comments to the protection and advocacy agency. Title: A community mental health nurse visits a client who lives in a community residence. On two ... Post by: hadbeen19 on Jan 20, 2018 ANS: D
Nurses must advocate for the client's right to nonabusive treatment. Reporting to a protection and advocacy agency is the ethical duty of the nurse. Options A and B do nothing to investigate and resolve the situation. Option C: The investigation is best conducted by skilled professionals trained to investigate such allegations. |