A patient is being treated in the inpatient unit for paranoid delusions that his wife is un-faithful resulting in threats to get her for this whenever I get out.
Which intervention to assure his wife's safety will his primary therapist include in the discharge plan?
a. Sharing the threats he has made with his wife
b. Requiring mandatory day hospital attendance
c. Advising the patient that he needs continued outpatient services
d. Informing the patient of the consequences of harming his wife
Question 2
The nurse is explaining the advantage of advanced directives to a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia. Which psychiatric outcome is a result of such preplanning?
a. Allows healthcare providers to manage the patient's mental health care
b. Decreases the possibility that the patient will be committed involuntarily
c. Directly impacts the type of care the patient will receive as the disease progresses
d. Assures that the patient will retain continued autonomy and independence of liv-ing
Emphysema. (a) Illustration comparing normal lungs and emphysemic lungs. The inserts illustrate how
Medicinal leeches on a patient’s neck. Today leeches are sometimes used in microsurgery to prevent b
Example of a patient’s ledger in practice management software.
Algorithm for assessing a patient at risk for suicide.
National Patient Safety Goals for Acute-Care Hospitals