Author Question: A patient is going to be discharged this afternoon from the mental health unit. The patient asks the ... (Read 29 times)

Coya19@aol.com · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A patient is going to be discharged this afternoon from the mental health unit. The patient asks the nurse if a copy of his medical record could be sent to the psychologist he will be seeing on an outpatient basis.

Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?
A) Sure, we'll have that information sent out in today's mail.
B) You will need to sign written authorization for us before we can do this.
C) I think it would just be best if you just told your psychologist everything he needs to know.
D) How are you feeling about being discharged this afternoon?

Question 2

A nurse hears a clinician state, This client has a phobia of elevators because he had a frightening experience in an elevator when he was a young child, or because he observed his mother's fear of elevators.

The nurse understands that this statement would most likely be made by a clinician who is operating from which paradigm?
A) Physiological
B) Psychoanalytic
C) Humanistic
D) Behavioral