An advanced practice nurse evaluates a patient for emergency commitment because of the likelihood ...

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.