A patient diagnosed with schizophrenia is hospitalized under an emergency commitment. Which nursing explanation is most effective when the patient asks, "Why am I being kept here?"
a. "The court believed you needed mental health care."
b. "Your mental condition became unstable and you relapsed."
c. "You couldn't stop doing things that could likely have hurt you."
d. "I'd suggest that you exercise your patient right to speak to a lawyer."
ANS: C
When the effects of the patient's mental illness result in an immediate risk of self-harm
or harm to others, an emergency commitment is appropriate. While it is correct that such a commitment is court ordered and may be a result of a relapse, these options do not appropri-ately respond to the patient's question. The patient does have a right to a lawyer, but this op-tion fails to answer the patient's question as well.
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