The psychiatric nurse is preparing discharge information for a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia
Knowing that the patient will be discharged to a home shared with the patient's elderly parents, you want to develop evidence-based care for the patient. You will first: a. identify the major support person for the patient.
b. define the patient's current acute clinical problems.
c. help the patient to find appropriate, attainable employment.
d. help the patient to be reoriented to living outside a locked psychiatric unit.
B
Defining the clinical problem for this patient is the first step in evidence-based care. All other options can be useful to the patient's future care, but with evidence-based care, it is most important to have a clear question to identify the clinical problems, identify the existing nursing interventions, and specify the expected outcome.
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