A patient has been hospitalized and is now being mandated outpatient mental health treatment as a condition for discharge. Which intervention best addresses the nurse's role of patient advocate when this patient resists the recommendation?
a. Helping the patient identify advantages of outpatient versus inpatient therapy
b. Sharing that outpatient therapy is less expensive than inpatient hospitalization
c. Stressing that outpatient therapy can minimize the need for future hospitalization
d. Discussing the patient's opposition to outpatient treatment with the treatment team
ANS: C
The purpose of mandating outpatient mental health treatment is to break the cyclic pattern of patients who, when discharged from an inpatient treatment facility, subsequently require re-admission to the acute psychiatric care setting. While the other options reflect the nurse as advocate, they do not best address this patient's situation.
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