The statement that provides the best rationale for the nursing intervention of monitoring the severely
depressed client closely during antidepressant therapy is
a. as depression lifts, physical energy becomes available to carry out a plan for
suicide.
b. suicide may be precipitated by a variety of internal and external events.
c. suicidal clients have difficulty using social supports.
d. suicide is an impulsive act.
A
Antidepressant medication has the objective of relieving depression. Risk for suicide is greater as the
depression lifts, primarily because the client has more physical energy at a time when he or she may
still have suicidal ideation. The other options have little to do with nursing interventions relating to
antidepressant medication therapy.
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