The interdisciplinary health care team meets 12 hours after a ...

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The interdisciplinary health care team meets 12 hours after a teenage client was admitted after a
  suicide attempt. Members of the team report assessments. What other outcome can be expected from
  this meeting?
 
  a. A clinical pathway will be selected.
  b. The nurse will assume the surrogate mother role.
  c. The team will request a court-appointed advocate for the client.
  d. Assessment of client need for placement outside the home will be undertaken.

Question 2

A teenage client is hospitalized after a serious suicide attempt related to feelings of hopelessness.
  The client comes from an upper-middle-class home in the suburbs and has never had psychiatric care
  before.
 
  Two hours after admission, when the nurse asks about the client's reaction to hospitalization,
  the client is most likely to label the experience as
  a. necessary.
  b. exciting.
  c. enjoyable.
  d. frightening.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Clinical pathways are selected early in the course of treatment to streamline the treatment process
and reduce costs. Option B would be inappropriate. Option C would rarely be required. Option D: It
would be too early to determine the need for alternative postdischarge living arrangements.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Because only the most acutely ill clients are hospitalized, the client is in a milieu in which many
behavioral manifestations of mental illness are apparent. The client is most likely frightened. Option
A: Insight into the necessity for hospitalization only hours after making a suicide attempt is unlikely.
Options B and C: Finding hospitalization enjoyable or exciting is also unlikely.