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cmoore54

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A client hospitalized under emergency commitment is being treated for chronic depression with suicidal ideation. After 3 days, the client demands to be released. The nurse should intervene by:
 
  1. Restricting the client to her room
  2. Allowing the client to leave the unit
  3. Informing the client that she must stay 15 days
  4. Offering information that the client can speak to a lawyer

Question 2

For which client would an advanced practice nurse recommend emergency commitment? An in-dividual who:
 
  1. Is persistently mentally ill and was evicted from his apartment
  2. Has come to the Emergency Department for treatment of a panic attack
  3. Is delusional and threatening to kill his wife
  4. Is depressed and has signed a no suicide contract


ndhahbi

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: 4
Clients under emergency commitment to a psychiatric unit retain their civil rights, including the right to speak with a lawyer and to appeal the commitment.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 3
Emergency commitment is most useful to detain individuals who are clearly a danger to self or others. Clients in options 1, 2, and 4 do not require hospitalization.


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