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A nurse on a medical surgical unit is caring for a client who state that she...

  1. A nurse on a medical surgical unit is caring for a client who state that she plan to leave the facility against medical advice. For which of the following actions by the nurse should the charge nurse intervene?
    1. Show the client her abnormal laboratory results
    2. Asks the client to sign a form releasing the hospital from legal responsibility
    3. Asks the client what her plans are for follow-up care
    4. Asks security to detain the client until the provide is notified
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option B:- Asks the client to sign a form releasing the hospital from legal responsibility

because once the patient want to leave the hospital against the medical advice and the counselling the next legal step to be done is asking the patient to sign the LAMA (left against medical advice ) form,it is to ensure that the current situation of the client is like this and even after the explanation the client want to leave the hospital and here after hospital is not resposible what ever happend to the client.

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