A 16-year-old male has received a pink-slip from the police for inpatient psychiatric treatment. The teen has been expressing thoughts of hanging himself because "Life sucks.". The nursing staff should consider placing the child:
1. With peers.
2. In an area where he can be watched one-on-one.
3. With a roommate that is expressing the same concerns.
4. In an area close to an external door.
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1. The patient is at extremely high risk for harm and should not be placed with peers.
2. The patient should be watched closely because of his current thought processes to harm himself.
3. The patient is at extremely high risk for harm and should not be placed with a roommate for concern of harming others.
4. The external door area may have an increased amount of traffic and noise. The individual needs to be in an area of lower external stimulation to help decrease anxieties and harmful thoughts because he is not coping.
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