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Title: An advanced practice nurse evaluates a patient for emergency commitment because of the likelihood ... Post by: Tllx667 on Jan 20, 2018 An advanced practice nurse evaluates a patient for emergency commitment because of the likelihood the patient will do serious harm to others. Which statement best reflects the nurse's role as patient advocate during the assessment process?
a. Tell me about any delusions you are experiencing. b. I understand you have had some difficulty today. c. Tell me why you need to threaten or hurt others around you. d. Threatening to hurt others will require that you be committed to the hospital. Title: An advanced practice nurse evaluates a patient for emergency commitment because of the likelihood ... Post by: ryanpicard on Jan 20, 2018 ANS: B
The advocacy role of nurses to help patients to obtain, maintain, and fully make use of mental health benefits is critical. Assessment for commitment requires data collection from the pa-tient. This statement is the most neutral of the options given and the most open ended; therefore it will be most likely to elicit a response. It is an unfounded assumption that the pa-tient is delusional. Why questions will usually elicit rationalizations from the patient. Mak-ing a statement about the resulting hospitalization is not information gathering. |