[Expert Solution]: A nurse practitioner is assessing a new…

A nurse practitioner is assessing a new patient in a correctional facility. The patient is 26 years old and arrived at the facility 1 week ago. The corrections officers referred them because they have been staying in their cell and are not talking to staff or peers. In the interview today, the patient tells the nurse practitioner that they have been nervous, jittery, sad, and hopeless, and they have no appetite since their arrival. The patient has no other psychiatric or medical history and credibly reports no difficulty with other inmates in the facility. They report the anxiety is related to not having contact with their family and worry about their young child, who was recently placed in foster care. The patient asks the nurse practitioner if they can use the phone in the office to call their family and ensure that their child is okay. What is the nurse practitioner’s best next step?BCDAllow the patient to use the phone in the office to call the foster parentsAsk the patient to write a letter to their family and mail it for the patientExplain the procedure for obtaining a phone card to call family membersNotify security immediately and file a disciplinary report on the patient