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newbem · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A troubled adolescent pulled out a gun in a school cafeteria, fatally shooting three people and injuring many others. Hundreds of parents come to the school after hearing news reports. After police arrest the shooter, which action should occur next?

a. Ask 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 principle 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 high potential for self-injury.

memslove · **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 will assist anxious parents and their children to unite. Preventing parents from uniting with their children will 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. Potential for self-violence or other-directed violence may or may not be a factor in crisis.