Which scenario best depicts a behavioral crisis? A patient is:
a. waving fists, cursing, and shouting threats at a nurse.
b. curled up in a corner of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel.
c. crying hysterically after receiving a phone call from a family member.
d. performing push-ups in the middle of the hall, forcing others to walk around.
ANS: A
This behavior constitutes a behavioral crisis because the patient is threatening harm to another individual. Intervention is called for to defuse the situation. The other options speak of behaviors that may require intervention of a less urgent nature because the patients in question are not threatening harm to self or others.
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