Which situation demonstrates the use of primary care related to crisis intervention?
a. Implementing suicide precautions for a patient with depression.
b. Teaching stress reduction techniques to a beginning student nurse.
c. Assessing coping strategies used by a patient who has attempted suicide.
d. Referring a patient with schizophrenia to a partial hospitalization program.
ANS: B
Primary crisis intervention promotes mental health and reduces mental illness. The incorrect options are examples of secondary or tertiary intervention.
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