A client in an inpatient mental health setting is scheduled to be discharged, with follow-up at a community mental health center. His family is concerned that his inpatient stay was not long enough, and he will be re-admitted in the near future
The nurse knows that the average length of inpatient stay is: a. 5 days
b. 10 days
c. 25 days
d. 1 month
B
The average length of stay for a mental illness is 10 days. The short inpatient stay, combined with a short community care involvement often leads to recidivism, as the immediate goal in the inpatient setting is to help the client control his or her behavior.
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