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Self reported thoughts of engaging in suicide related behaviors is called _____________. These may be transient or ruminative, active or passive, acute or ongoing. - Answer- Suicidal Ideation According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one American completes suicide every 16 minutes. - Answer- True According to the Joint Commission (JC), suicidal thoughts or behaviors are the most common reason for inpatient psychiatric admission. - Answer- true The top 5 root causes of inpatient suicide include: - Answer- All the above In which of the following ways can staff work to ensure a safe environment? - Answer- all A patient being admitted to the unit has shoes with laces. They are not experiencing suicidal ideations and have been assessed to be at "no risk" for suicide. They ask if they can keep their shoelaces because their shoes will not stay on. What would be the appropriate staff response? - Answer- Explain to the patient that contraband is dangerous on the unit and other patients may get a hold of the shoelaces to harm themselves. Risk factors are characteristics or circumstances that are individual to each patient contributing to their risk of suicide - they may or may not be direct causes. - Answer- true All of the following are considered risk factors for suicide EXCEPT: - Answer- Absence of a plan, pets or dependents and strong protective spiritual beliefs While you are talking to a patient, they state " Maybe I won't be around much longer." This is an example of which of the following? - Answer- Verbal cue No harm or suicide contracts are NOT to be used because they give the staff a false sense of security, they have been proven ineffective through research and they may increase liability. - Answer- true Effective therapeutic communication with a