Author Question: You work in a mental health facility and are admitting a client who has been brought to the ... (Read 62 times)

jlmhmf · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

You work in a mental health facility and are admitting a client who has been brought to the emergency department of a local hospital after being picked up while attempting to jump from the rail of a bridge.

The physician feels that the patient is serious about attempting suicide and so sends the patient to you for admission. What type of admission would you document this as?
A) Emergent
B) Routine
C) Voluntary
D) Involuntary

Question 2

A client is admitted on an emergent basis to a local mental health facility after being detained by the police when he was found walking naked down the middle of a four-lane highway.

The nurse knows that the client can be held for what length of time?
A) 7284 hours
B) 4872 hours
C) 3648 hours
D) 2436 hours