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A patient who has a history of schizophrenia and is is brought to the emergency hallucinating department health-care of a community hospital. The primary provider in charge refuses to admit the patient. The nurse attempts to educate the primary health-care provider regarding the law involving patients who are grossly disabled. The primary health-care provider still refuses to admit the patient. What is the nurse's next action? 1. Admit the patient against the primary health-care provider's wishes. 2. Refuse to discharge the patient as per the primary health-care provider's orders. 3. Describe the primary health-care provider's behavior to the nursing supervisor and ask for guidance. 4. Call the primary health-care provider's supervisor and explain that the health-care provider is acting inappropriately.

A patient who has a history of schizophrenia and is is brought to the emergency hallucinating department health-care of a community hospital. The primary provider in charge refuses to admit the patient. The nurse attempts to educate the primary health-care provider regarding the law involving patients who are grossly disabled. The primary health-care provider still refuses to admit the patient. What is the nurse's next action? 1. Admit the patient against the primary health-care provider's wishes. 2. Refuse to discharge the patient as per the primary health-care provider's orders. 3. Describe the primary health-care provider's behavior to the nursing supervisor and ask for guidance. 4. Call the primary health-care provider's supervisor and explain that the health-care provider is acting inappropriately.

Phlebotomy Essentials
Phlebotomy Essentials
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Author:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher:Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
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A patient who has a history of schizophrenia and is hallucinating is brought to the emergency department of a community hospital. The primary health-care provider in charge refuses to admit the patient. The nurse attempts to educate the primary health-care provider regarding the law involving patients who are grossly disabled. The primary health-care provider still refuses to admit the patient. What is the nurse's next action? 1. Admit the patient against the primary health-care provider's wishes. 2. Refuse to discharge the patient as per the primary health-care provider's orders. 3. Describe the primary health-care provider's behavior to the nursing supervisor and ask for guidance. 4. Call the primary health-care provider's supervisor and explain that the health-care provider is acting inappropriately.
Transcribed Image Text:A patient who has a history of schizophrenia and is hallucinating is brought to the emergency department of a community hospital. The primary health-care provider in charge refuses to admit the patient. The nurse attempts to educate the primary health-care provider regarding the law involving patients who are grossly disabled. The primary health-care provider still refuses to admit the patient. What is the nurse's next action? 1. Admit the patient against the primary health-care provider's wishes. 2. Refuse to discharge the patient as per the primary health-care provider's orders. 3. Describe the primary health-care provider's behavior to the nursing supervisor and ask for guidance. 4. Call the primary health-care provider's supervisor and explain that the health-care provider is acting inappropriately.
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