The assumption that will be most useful to the nurse planning crisis intervention for any patient who is experiencing a crisis is that the patient:
a. is experiencing a type of mental illness.
b. is experiencing a state of disequilibrium.
c. has high potential for self-injury.
d. poses a threat of violence to others.
B
The only answer universally true for all patients in crisis is that they are experiencing a period of disequilibrium, when their capacity and resources for coping have been overwhelmed, upsetting the previous balance in their lives. A crisis represents a struggle for equilibrium when problems seem unsolvable. Crisis does not reflect mental illness, and although some traumatic events may result in risk to self or others, this does not occur in most cases.
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