Nurses should assess the lethality of the client's plan for suicide. What factor would be irrelevant to that assessment?
A. How long the client has been suicidal?
B. Does the plan have specific details?
C. Is the method one that causes death quickly?
D. Does the client have the means to implement the plan?
Ans: A. How long the client has been suicidal?
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