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VATI Mental Health | Questions with 100% Correct Answers & Rationale | Latest Update | Verified A nurse is planning care for a client following a suicide attempt. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? - ✔✔ Provide the client with plastic eating utensils. -The client can use glass dishes and metal silverware to cause self harm, therefore, the nurse should arrange for the client to have only plastic products on their meal tray. A nurse is performing an admission assessment for a client who appears withdrawn and fearful. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? - ✔✔ Inform the client that this admission is confidential. -According to evidence-based practice, the nurse should first inform the client about confidentiality during the orientation phase of the nurse client relationship. This action establishes trust between the client and the nurse, which in turn decreases the client's anxiety level. A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has anorexia nervosa. The client states, "Have I done any permanent damage to my body?" Which of the following responses should the nurse make? - ✔✔ You're afraid you have caused physical injury to yourself? -Repeating the main idea of what the client has said, which will allow for clarification of any misunderstanding on the part of the client or the nurse. A nurse is caring for a client following a fire that destroyed her home and killed one of her children. The client is crying and does not make eye contact with the nurse. Which of the following questions should the nurse ask first? - ✔✔ Have you thought of harming yourself? -The greatest risk to this client is self harm due to the loss of her child and home, therefore, the first question the nurse should ask a client who is having a personal crisis is to determine if the client has suicidal ideation. If so, the nurse should take action to protect the client from self harm.
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