Author Question: The most important factor for a nurse to assess when evaluating suicide risk in a newly admitted ... (Read 23 times)

daltonest1984 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The most important factor for a nurse to assess when evaluating suicide risk in a newly admitted depressed patient is:

A) The patient's plans for the immediate future after discharge
B) How long the person has felt depressed
C) How many personal problems the patient lists as stressors
D) How the patient plans to handle the upcoming anniversary of his or her spouse's death

Question 2

Nurses understand that the symptoms of conversion disorder, such as blindness or paralysis, act as:

A) Attention-getting mechanisms
B) Diversions
C) Signals to learn to focus on other things
D) Mechanisms to deal with severe conflict or anxiety