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A crisis team led by a psychiatric nurse is called to a home because a patient with a history of paranoid schizophrenia is standing on the lawn shouting, People are poisoning my water
 
   The nurse should advise the police officer to institute procedures for:
  a. emergency care.
  b. long-term commitment.
  c. a probable-cause hearing.
  d. short-term observation and treatment.

Question 2

Which individual should the nurse assess as having the highest risk for homelessness?
 
  a. An older adult woman with mild dementia who resides in an assisted-living facility
  b. An adult with serious mental illness and no family
  c. An adolescent with an eating disorder
  d. A married person with alcoholism


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Individuals who are deemed to be dangerous to self, dangerous to others, or gravely disabled can be detained involuntarily for evaluation and emergency treatment for a specified period of time (often for 72 hours). Long-term commitment might be unnecessary. A probable-cause hearing is needed only for short-term observation and treatment.

Answer to Question 2

B
The adult has both a serious mental illness and a potentially weak support system. Both are risk factors for homelessness. The other individuals have psychiatric disorders but have better established support systems.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 19, 2018
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Gracias!

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