A community mental health nurse is conducting a home visit when the patient states,"I never want to go back to that hospital again." Which response has the greatest therapeutic value in terms of appropriate assurance for the patient's concerns?

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Psychiatric home care is available to a broad segment of the population.Factors contributing to the development of the treatment setting include the following: continued trend of deinstitutionalization; growth of managed care,which focuses on cost,outcomes,and earlier hospital discharges; and advocacy by consumer groups to find less restrictive and more humane ways of delivering care to people with mental illness.Although the nurse cannot promise that the patient will not require future hospitalizations,reassurance that community-based care is available should provide appropriate emotional support.

A Community Mental Health Nurse Is Conducting a Home Visit