A Suspicious, Socially Isolated Patient Lives Alone, Eats One Meal

Multiple Choice

A suspicious, socially isolated patient lives alone, eats one meal a day at a local shelter, and spends the remaining daily food allowance on cigarettes. Select a community psychiatric nurse's best initial action.

A) Explore ways to help the patient stop smoking.
B) Report the situation to the manager of the shelter.
C) Assess the patient's weight; determine foods and amounts eaten.
D) Arrange hospitalization for the patient in order to formulate a new treatment plan.