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Title: A patient with many positive symptoms of schizophrenia, whose behavior is disorganized and who is ...
Post by: ilovemyname22 on Jan 20, 2018
A patient with many positive symptoms of schizophrenia, whose behavior is disorganized and who is highly anxious, tells the nurse in the psychiatric emergency department, You have got to help me. I do not know what is going on.
 
  I think someone is trying to wipe me out. I have to get a gun.. The patient, a college student, lives alone and has no family or support system in the immediate area. He has not left his room in 2 weeks, has not eaten in several days, and is unkempt. Of the available treatment settings, the nurse should recommend: a. admission to an unlocked residential crisis unit.
  b. inpatient hospitalization on a locked unit.
  c. attending a day treatment program for 4 weeks.
  d. admission to a partial hospital program.


Title: A patient with many positive symptoms of schizophrenia, whose behavior is disorganized and who is ...
Post by: niccimeyer on Jan 20, 2018
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