Discussing criteria for involuntary commitment

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An experienced nurse is precepting a new nurse in a psychiatric emergency room and is discussing criteria for involuntary commitment. Which client would signal to the experienced nurse that the new nurse understands the criteria? a client with schizophrenia who can manage activities of daily living but has grandiose delusions a person with depression who says they are tired of living and does not have a suicidal plan a person who threatens to kill their spouse of 38 years the parent who leaves their minor children unattended and stays out all night snorting cocaine.

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