A group of adolescents involved in group therapy were discussing their feelings about their pro-gress. Which statement by a client would alert the nurse to increased suicide risk?
1. "I have a necktie in my room that I can use to hang myself."
2. "If I fail another class, I'm going to kill myself."
3. "When I leave home to live on my own, I'm buying myself a gun."
4. "When I took two bottles of Mom's pills, I had to have my stomach pumped."
ANS: 1
Of the options presented, option 1 is the only one that states an intended method and indicates immediacy and available means.
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