The Patients Below Were Evaluated in the Emergency Department

question 9

Multiple Choice

The patients below were evaluated in the emergency department.The psychiatric unit has one bed available.Which patient should be admitted? The patient:

• A) feeling anxiety and a sad mood after separation from a spouse of 10 years.
• B) who self-inflicted a superficial cut on the forearm after a family argument.
• C) experiencing dry mouth and tremor related to taking haloperidol (Haldol).
• D) who is a new parent and hears voices saying, "Smother your baby."

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Replacement-Level Fertility

The total fertility rate at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to the next, without migration, typically considered to be around 2.1 children per woman.

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