A client who is a policewoman tells the nurse she is depressed and can no longer deal with the stress of her job. She mentions that employee assistance counseling failed to change her hopeless attitude
She states that she will use her police revolver to shoot herself in the head during the day when no one is at home and the home is locked. Which formulation by the triage nurse is correct?
1. Plan explicit. Imminence high. Method highly lethal and accessible. Rescue po-tential low.
2. Plan vague. Imminence moderate. Method somewhat lethal and accessible. Res-cue potential moderate.
3. Plan complete. Imminence low. Method low lethality but accessible. Rescue po-tential high.
4. Plan nebulous. Imminence low. Method low lethality but accessible. Rescue po-tential high.
ANS: 1
Option 1 is correct because the plan is well thought out; the imminence is high because the client is ready to act; the gun is a highly lethal method, and she has the weapon; the rescue potential is low because a gun is the chosen method.
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