Scenario

Imagine that you are an advanced practice intern at an inpatient mental health treatment center. One of your tasks is to assess clients' readiness and safety for discharge.

Frank Espinosa

You are working with client Frank Espinosa, a 58-year-old male. Frank was hospitalized following a suicide attempt at his residence and is nearing completion of the inpatient program.

To prepare:

• Consider the choices you make while navigating the client scenario and your reasoning behind those choices.
• Explore a clinical social service agency's policies concerning clients at risk.

Composean analysis on the choices you chose for the client risk assessment scenario. What action did you take, and why? Next, outline the policies and areas of practice ofinpatient mental health treatment center in reference to clients who are at risk. In what ways would these policies have affected the way you behaved in thescenario?