1- 1. Locate and review the suicide protocol at your hospital unit…
Question Answered step-by-step 1- 1. Locate and review the suicide protocol at your hospital unit… 1- 1. Locate and review the suicide protocol at your hospital unit or community center. Are there any steps you anticipate having difficulty carrying out? Discuss these difficulties with your peers or clinical group.2. How would you respond to another staff member who expresses guilt over the completed suicide of a patient on your unit?3. Identify three common and expected emotional reactions that a nurse might have when initially working with persons who manifest suicidal behavior disorder.a. How do you think you might react?b. What actions could you take to deal with the event and obtain support?4- List the three important areas of the crisis assessment once safety concerns have been identified. Give examples of two questions in each area that need to be answered before planning can take place.5- Jennifer admits a 24-year-old man with mania to an inpatient unit. She notes that the patient is irritable, has trouble sitting during the interview, and has a history of assault.a. Identify appropriate responses the nurse can make to the patient.b. What interventions should be built into the care plan?c. Identify at least three long-term outcomes to consider when planning care.6- You successfully convinced your colleagues to assess routinely for abuse, and now they want to know how to do it. How would you go about teaching them to assess for child abuse? Intimate partner abuse? Elder abuse?7- Jonah, 18 years of age, is brutally beaten and sexually assaulted by an unidentified male as he makes his way home from a party in an unfamiliar part of town. He is found semiconscious by a passerby and taken to the emergency department. Isaac has bite marks on his neck; extensive bruises around his head, chest, and buttocks; and has sustained a cracked rib and anal tears. Ms. Santinez, a nurse and rape counselor in the emergency department, works with Jonah using the hospital’s sexual assault protocol and evidence collection kit. Jonah appears stunned and confused and has difficulty focusing on what the nurse says. He states repeatedly, “This is crazy, this can’t be happening…I can’t believe this has happened to me…Oh, my God, I can’t believe this.”a. What areas of Jonah’s assessment should be given highest priority by Ms. Santinez and her staff while he is in the emergency department?b. Chart the signs and symptoms of Jonah’s physical and emotional trauma and verbatim statements in as much detail as you can.c. Identify the short-term outcome criteria for Jonah that ideally would be met before he leaves the emergency department.d. What information does Jonah need to have regarding potential signs and symptoms that may occur in the near future? Why is this important for him to understand at present?e. Identify specific indicators that will be met if Jonah recovers with minimal trauma from the event. How would you evaluate these criteria?f. If Jonah wishes not to report the sexual assault to police, would you still complete the examination? Health Science Science Nursing NURSING NUR 437 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
