A Client Is Brought to an Emergency Department by Police

question 2

Multiple Choice

A client is brought to an emergency department by police after threatening to jump off a bridge several hours ago. To assess for suicide potential, which question would a nurse ask first?

• A) "Are you currently thinking about harming yourself?"
• B) "Why do you want to harm yourself?"
• C) "Have you thought about the consequences of your actions?"
• D) "Who is your emergency contact person?"

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Definitions:

Psychoanalytic Method

The psychoanalytic method is a therapeutic approach developed by Sigmund Freud, focusing on exploring unconscious conflicts and motivations through techniques such as free association and dream analysis.

Displacement

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where an individual shifts their emotional feelings from one object or person to another, often less threatening, one.

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Emotional distress or agitation caused by actions or words of one's supervisor or employer.

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the human psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.