Which Situations Qualify as Abandonment on the Part of a Nurse

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which situations qualify as abandonment on the part of a nurse? (Select all that apply.) The nurse:

• A) allows a patient with acute mania to refuse hospitalization without taking further action.
• B) terminates employment without referring a seriously mentally ill patient for aftercare.
• C) calls police to bring a suicidal patient to the hospital after a suicide attempt.
• D) refers a patient with persistent paranoid schizophrenia to community treatment.
• E) asks another nurse to provide a patient's care because of concerns about countertransference.

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Definitions:

Mood Disorders

Psychiatric disorders that are primarily characterized by changes in mood, such as depression and bipolar disorder, affecting daily functioning.

Behavior Therapy

A type of psychotherapy that aims to modify negative behaviors and emotional responses through reinforcement strategies and conditioning.

Functional Analysis

A method used in behavioral psychology to identify the antecedents and consequences of a behavior in order to understand its purpose or function.

Suicide

The deliberate act of taking one's own life.