Please use 3 scholarly and peer reviewed questions to answer the questions listed below. Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions!
How does admitting patients with psychiatric disorders or problems on a general medical surgical unit affect the way nurses provide care, if certain patients do not fit the criteria to be on a psychiatric unit due to their medical condition, disease, acute or chronic disorders?
How does having a psychiatric patient on a general medical surgical unit affect the hospitals, when patients decide to leave against medical advice and return within a 30 day period as a readmission?
What are some tools that can be used to help in determining the best plan of care or action for patients with psychiatric conditions on a general medical surgical unit? And how can these tools aid in reducing readmissions in the hospital for these types of patients?
How will these tools and studies help medical surgical nurses feel more safe and comfortable when providing care to psychiatric patients that they are not used to taking care on an everyday basis?