Your department statistics show that 50% of patients ultimately found to have a primary psychiatric disorder are initially seen by an emergency department doctor. One proposed solution is direct mental health referral from triage for patients who appear to have a mental health problem.
List four (4) criteria required before a patient can be transferred directly to psychiatric services.
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You introduce a psychiatric triage reference card. List two (2) points that distinguish category one psychiatric patients from lower triage categories.
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To identify delirium during initial nursing assessment, you plan to introduce the Confusion Assessment Method. State the four (4) clinical features used in this method.
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