The client that a nurse would plan to refer to a partial ...

[evelyn o bentley]

The client that a nurse would plan to refer to a partial hospitalization program is the individual who
 
  a. spent yesterday in the 24-hour supervised crisis care center and continues to be
  actively suicidal.
  b. has agoraphobia and panic episodes and needs psychoeducation for relaxation
  therapy.
  c. is well regulated on lithium and reports regularly for blood tests and clinic
  follow-up.
  d. is being discharged from an alcohol detoxification unit. He states, I'm not sure I
  can abstain after my wife goes to work in the morning..

Question 2

The nurse's efforts to assist a suicidal client to examine alternatives to suicide are best supported by
 
  a. tricyclic antidepressants.
  b. the client's ambivalence.
  c. suicide precautions.
  d. hospitalization.

[kingdude89]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
This client could profit from the structure and supervision provided by spending the day at the
partial hospitalization program. During the evening, at night, and on weekends his wife could
assume responsibility for supervision. Option A: This client would need hospitalization. Option B:
This client could be referred to home care. Option C: This client could continue on the same plan.

Answer to Question 2

B
Ambivalence is experiencing both the wish to die and the wish to live. The client's ambivalence
about dying as a solution to an intolerable life situation is an important asset to the nurse. It provides
the nurse with a positive base that can be reinforced. Tricyclic antidepressants take up to 3 weeks to
be effective. Hospitals are not 100 suicide proof, and hospitalization may not prompt the client to
look for alternatives to suicide. Suicide precautions may not prompt the client to look for alternatives
to suicide but rather for ways to evade the precautions.

[evelyn o bentley]

Thank you

[kingdude89]

No problemo