A psychiatric–mental health nurse is conducting a suicide assessment with a client. Why is it important to conduct a lethality assessment?
A) It may assist in determining an individual's past suicide behaviors.
B) It may assist in determining how long a client has been contemplating suicide.
C) It may assist in evaluating the potential suicide protective factors of a client.
D) It may assist in predicting how likely a person is to die by suicide.
Ans: D
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Lethality assessment is part of conducting a risk assessment. Once it is determined that someone is thinking of suicide, a lethality assessment is necessary. It is an attempt to predict how likely a person is to die by suicide.
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