A Client Is Admitted to a Psychiatric Unit with Severe

question 15

Multiple Choice

A client is admitted to a psychiatric unit with severe depression and thoughts of suicide.The client is placed on suicide precautions.When caring for this client,the nurse recognizes that

• A) people who talk about harming themselves are at less risk.
• B) clients who verbalize or behaviorally demonstrate "a weight being lifted off the shoulders" are no longer at risk.
• C) once the acute crisis has subsided, the client is no longer at risk.
• D) a major goal in evaluating suicidal risk is to assess for imminent danger of doing harm to self.

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