To maximize therapeutic care to a newly admitted suicidal patient on days 1 and 2 of hospitalization, the nurse will:
a. Select appropriate community resources for referral.
b. Identify patient areas of weakness and deficiency.
c. Encourage the patient to express psychological pain.
d. Refute delusional thinking by logical argument and reinforcement.
ANS: C
With a newly admitted patient, listening to expressions of pain will be one of the first inter-ventions for the nurse in order to support the assessment process. It is too soon to consider community resources. Identifying weaknesses is not a helpful intervention for a suicidal pa-tient. There is no data supporting delusional thinking.
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