A college student who attempted suicide by overdose was treated in the emergency department and,
because she had no available social supports, was hospitalized.
An outcome related to the client's
risk for self-directed violence is that the client will
a. exercise suicide self-restraint by refraining from making gestures or attempts to
kill self.
b. verbalize a will to live by the end of the second hospital day.
c. describe two new coping mechanisms she can use by the end of the third hospital
day.
d. accurately delineate personal strengths by the end of first week of hospitalization.
A
Suicide self-restraint relates most directly to the priority problem of risk for self-directed violence.
The other outcomes are related to hope, coping, and self-esteem.
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