A Nurse and Patient Construct a No-Suicide Contract

question 14

Multiple Choice

A nurse and patient construct a no-suicide contract. Select the preferable wording.

• A) "I will not try to harm myself during the next 24 hours."
• B) "I will not make a suicide attempt while I am hospitalized."
• C) "For the next 24 hours, I will not in any way attempt to harm or kill myself."
• D) "I will not kill myself until I call my primary nurse or a member of the staff."

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Definitions:

Input Instructions

Commands in a programming or control system that specify the conditions under which certain actions are to be taken.

Ladder Logic

A programming language that represents electrical control circuits through graphical symbols arranged in a manner similar to rungs of a ladder.

Output Instructions

Directives in a control program that specify operations to be performed affecting the state of output devices.