A family celebration and a review plan

Setting: A community recovery clinic

A patient wants to attend a family celebration before the next scheduled review. The nurse can gather the practical details and ask the responsible team to discuss how the individual plan applies.

Task

Explore the concern behind the opening: "Everyone expects me at the celebration. I need you to say I can go."
Clarify the specific barrier and acknowledge its effect on the patient.
Explain the supplied next steps and respond to this possible question: "Could you write that I am fit to travel so my relatives stop worrying?"
Check the patient can distinguish what is agreed from what needs confirmation.

A family celebration and a review plan supplied plan

A patient wants to attend a family celebration before the next scheduled review. The nurse can gather the practical details and ask the responsible team to discuss how the individual plan applies.
The nurse can record the proposed journey, timing and questions about the current individual plan for the responsible team.
The responsible team can discuss the request against the patient's plan and clarify what is or is not agreed.
Do not grant travel clearance, invent restrictions or promise that attending will be suitable.
Please tell me the proposed dates, length of the journey and overnight arrangement. I can include those details with your question about the individual plan.
The responsible team can review the actual trip and clarify what is agreed. Raising the request today does not by itself give travel clearance or establish new restrictions.

Fictional exam scenario only. Supplied arrangements are not medical guidance for a real patient..