Situations that qualify as abandonment are when the nurse (more than one answer may be correct)
A. allows a client exhibiting mania to refuse hospitalization without taking further action.
B. terminates employment without referring a seriously mentally ill client for aftercare.
C. calls police to bring a suicidal client to the hospital after a suicide attempt.
D. refers a client with persistent paranoid schizophrenia to assertive community treatment.
ANS:
A, B
Rationale: Abandonment arises when a nurse does not place a client safely in the hands of another
health professional before discontinuing treatment. Options C and D provide for patient safety.
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