A teenage client is hospitalized after a serious suicide attempt related to feelings of hopelessness
The client comes from an upper-middle-class home in the suburbs and has never had psychiatric care
before.
Two hours after admission, when the nurse asks about the client's reaction to hospitalization,
the client is most likely to label the experience as
a. necessary.
b. exciting.
c. enjoyable.
d. frightening.
ANS: D
Because only the most acutely ill clients are hospitalized, the client is in a milieu in which many
behavioral manifestations of mental illness are apparent. The client is most likely frightened. Option
A: Insight into the necessity for hospitalization only hours after making a suicide attempt is unlikely.
Options B and C: Finding hospitalization enjoyable or exciting is also unlikely.
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1. Urinary output of at least 50 mL/hour 2. Increased cardiac output 3. Vasoconstriction and increased blood pressure 4. Stabilization of fluid loss
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