It is necessary to place one of your patients on suicide precautions. The most therapeutic way to implement these precautions is:
A) One-on-one care of that patient
B) Keep the patient in his or her room at all times
C) Make an obvious attempt at removing all potentially dangerous objects from the treatment milieu
D) Tell the patient he or she has one more chance to verbalize his or her feelings about the current situation or will be transferred to the lock-up unit
Question 2
You are preparing a care plan for a patient who is experiencing blindness as a symptom of conversion disorder. You know:
A) It is appropriate to ignore the patient's concerns about the blindness
B) The patient is intentionally producing the symptoms, so you institute behavior guidelines
C) The patient is exhibiting manifestations of a psychological problem
D) This is a sign of a personality flaw
Patients should be encouraged to bring to their health care visit all the substances that they take,
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Persuasion and Suicide