A client hospitalized under emergency commitment is being treated for chronic depression with suicidal ideation. After 3 days, the client demands to be released. The nurse should intervene by:
1. Restricting the client to her room
2. Allowing the client to leave the unit
3. Informing the client that she must stay 15 days
4. Offering information that the client can speak to a lawyer
ANS: 4
Clients under emergency commitment to a psychiatric unit retain their civil rights, including the right to speak with a lawyer and to appeal the commitment.
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