Which of the following questions by a depressed, inpatient, psychiatric–mental health client should the nurse interpret as a potential suicide clue?
A) "Are patients allowed to keep drugstore medications at their bedside?"
B) "When is my next schedule ECT session?"
C) "When do you think the doctor will let me get my street clothes back?"
D) "Are we allowed to use the patient kitchen whenever we want?"
Ans: A
Asking whether medications can be kept at the bedside is a suspicious question if a client is depressed and may precede an attempted overdose. The other questions are not necessarily suggestive of suicidal ideation.
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