A student tells the school nurse, "My friend threatened to take an overdose of pills." The nurse talks to the friend who verbalized the suicidal threat. Select the most critical question for the nurse to ask
a. "Why do you want to kill yourself?"
b. "Do you have access to medications?"
c. "Have you been taking drugs and alcohol?"
d. "Did something happen with your parents?"
B
The nurse must assess the patient's access to a means to carry out the plan and, if there is access, alert the parents to remove the medications from the home. The information in the other questions is important to ask, but it is not the most critical.
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