A client admitted to the healthcare facility is reported missing from his room. The client returns early the next morning. What procedure is followed by the healthcare facility with regard to this client?
A) The client needs to sign an "against medical advice" form.
B) The client needs to leave the facility.
C) The client needs to repeat the admission procedure.
D) The client needs to have a discharge form signed by the physician.
C
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A client who is missing from the healthcare facility and returns the next morning needs to repeat the admission procedure and is treated as a new admission. A client who informs the nurse that he is leaving the facility against a physician's advice is officially discharged at midnight after he signs the AMA (against medical advice) form. The client is not asked to leave the facility, nor does the physician sign the client's discharge form.
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