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Thesis
Suicide Assessment in the Emergency Department
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2010
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3443
Abstract
The Joint Commission requires hospitals to conduct suicide assessments in emergency departments (ED) as part of their certification process (Joint Commission, 2007a). However, assessment and management of suicidal patients are rarely a part of ED nurses' orientation. This paper outlines how to conduct a suicide assessment using Shea's (1998) Chronological Assessment of Suicidal Events (CASE) strategy. It emphasizes the importance of conducting suicide assessments in the ED. Additionally, guidelines are provided to give nurses a framework for managing suicidal patients in EDs. An example of an ED sllicide assessment is provided using the S.O.A.P. format.
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- Title
- Suicide Assessment in the Emergency Department
- Creators
- Steven J Stokes
- Contributors
- Rebecca Cardell (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590722301842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis