A mental health technician is approached by a patient who wa…

A mental health technician is approached by a patient who wants to know the details of a newly arrived patient on the unit. The patient asks their diagnosis, their vital signs and what day they arrived.  By law, the technician are authorized to tell the patient________.

Joyce was hospitalized as a result of an attempted suicide….

Joyce was hospitalized as a result of an attempted suicide. She tried to call her counselor before taking an overdose of pills, but he could not be reached because he was on vacation and did not make provisions for a replacement counselor while he was gone. This action constitutes the following type of professional negligence: