What reason does the nurse give the patient for the emphasis and attention being paid to the recovery phase of their treatment plan?
a. Recovery care, even when intensive, is less expensive than acute psychiatric care.
b. Effective recovery care is likely to result in fewer relapses and subsequent hospi-talizations.
c. Planning for recovery care is time consuming and involves dealing with many complicated details.
d. Recovery care is usually done on an outpatient basis and so is generally better ac-cepted by patients.
ANS: B
Much attention is paid to recovery care since effective recovery care helps improve patient outcomes and thus minimize subsequent hospitalizations. Recovery care is not necessarily less expensive than acute care. Although effective recovery care planning may be time consuming and detail oriented, that is not the reason for implementing it. Recovery care is not necessari-ly well accepted by patients.
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