During the assessment of a person in crisis, the nurse should do which of the following first?
A) Keep the client focused on the problem and specific goals leading to its resolution.
B) Help the client develop healthier long-term coping skills.
C) Assess the client's support system including religious beliefs and spirituality.
D) Determine whether psychiatric symptoms are related to a physical cause.
Ans: D
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Assessment of the person in crisis is the most important, and often most difficult, step of crisis intervention. First, nurses determine whether the psychiatric symptoms are related to a physical problem. One in five people with a brain disorder have a medical problem causing or exacerbating their psychiatric condition. Keeping the client focused on the problem and specific goals leading to its resolution and helping the client develop healthier coping skills are interventions.
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