Chapter 25: Suicide and Nonsuicidal Self Injury (Objectives)

Question 1

define essential terms associated with suicide including sucidal ideation, suicide attempt, suicide, and nonsuicidal self injury

Question 2

describe the growing problem of suicide in the US

Question 3

identify comorbid psychotic disorders that accompany suicidality

Question 4

discuss risk factors for the development of suicidal ideation and for suicide

Question 5

identify evidence based practice suicide risk assessment tools

Question 6

discuss basic level interventions to address suicidality in the hospital or in community settings

Question 7

explain key elements of suicide precautions and environmental safety factors in the hospital

Question 8

describe three expected reactions a nurse may experience when working with pateitns who have suicidal ideations

Question 9

identity biological treatments and psychological therapies for pateitns with suicidal ideation

Question 10

describe nonsuicidal self injury in terms of clinical picture, epidemiology, comorbidity and risk factors

Question 11

discuss nursing care for patients with nonsuicidal self injury

Question 12

identity biological treatments and psychological therapies for patients with nonsuicdial self injury