When providing staff education regarding basic safety monitoring and status reporting of a patient in crisis, what will the charge nurse include?
1. Basic coping skills
2. Common emotional responses
3. Surveillance for common illness
4. Behavioral stress reduction techniques
Answer: 3
Explanation: Basic safety monitoring and status reporting of a patient in crisis involves surveillance for common illness and suicide prevention. Stress reduction techniques are components of basic coping skills, and are a separate topic than from monitoring and status reporting. Common emotional responses would not be addressed in a session on basic safety monitoring and status reporting.
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