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DyllonKazuo · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A troubled adolescent opened fire in a high school cafeteria, fatally shooting three people and injuring many others. Hundreds of parents come to the high school after hearing the news reports.

After the police arrest the shooter, which action should occur next?

a. Ask the police to encircle the school campus with yellow tape to prevent parents from entering.
b. Announce over the loudspeakers, The campus is now secure. Please return to your classrooms.
c. Require parents to pass through metal detectors and then allow them to look for their children in the school.
d. Designate zones according to the alphabet, and direct students to the zones based on their surnames to facilitate reuniting them with their parents.

Question 2

The assumption most useful to a nurse planning crisis intervention for any patient is that the patient:

a. is experiencing a state of disequilibrium.
b. is experiencing a type of mental illness.
c. poses a threat of violence to others.
d. has a high potential for self-injury.

bpool94 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Chaos is likely among students and desperate parents. A directive approach is best. Once the scene is secure, creative solutions are needed. Creating zones by letters of the alphabet helps anxious parents and their children to unite. Preventing parents from uniting with their children would further incite the situation.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Disequilibrium is the only answer universally true for all patients in crisis. A crisis represents a struggle for equilibrium when problems seem unsolvable. Crisis does not reflect mental illness. The potential for self-violence or other-directed violence may or may not be a factor in crisis.