Question

Mr. W. is admitted to the psychiatric unit and placed on suicidal precautions. Mr. W. sits stoically staring out the window and does not respond to the nurse’s greeting. What safety interventions should the team incorporate into Mr. W.’s care while in suicide precautions?

Answer 1

Safety Interventions for suicide precautions are :-

- Active listening to the patient

- Avoiding anger causing situations or circumstances

- determine the presence and degree of suicidal risk

- keep all equipments like knife ,needle ,etc injury causing articles away from the patient

- patient should be under continuous monitoring

- one staff should assigned totally for that patient

- do not leave the patient alone , a staff should be always with patient

- teach patient about coping strategies like assertiveness training and impulse control .

- determine if patient has available means to harm himself .

- identify immediate safety needs

- give proper attention to the patient with suicidal risk ,avoid ignorance

- administration of medications at proper time and maintaining compliance to the medications.

- involving family members in the care of the patient and allowing person to meet patient whom the patient likes more