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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.
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ilovemyname22 Author
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6 years ago
Smart ... Thanks!
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this is exactly what I needed
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Helped a lot
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