The Family of a Patient Whose Insurance Will Not Pay

question 11

Multiple Choice

The family of a patient whose insurance will not pay for continuing hospitalization considers transferring the patient to a public mental hospital.They express concern that the patient will be "never get any treatment." Which reply by the nurse would be most helpful?

• A) "Under the law,treatment must be provided.Hospitalization without treatment violates patients' rights."
• B) "All patients in public hospitals have the right to choose both a primary therapist and a primary nurse."
• C) "That's a justifiable concern because the right to treatment extends only to provision of food,shelter,and safety."
• D) "Much will depend on other patients,because the right to treatment for a psychotic patient takes precedence over the right to treatment of a patient who is stable."

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