Preventing Suicide in Mental Health Nursing

This assignment explores the critical role of one-to-one mental health nursing care in preventing suicide among vulnerable clients. It emphasizes the importance of close patient association, constant observation, medication supervision, and open communication about suicidal thoughts. Drawing upon sources like Bulechek (2012) and Pope & Vasquez (2010), it argues that direct discussion about suicide can encourage honesty and provide an opportunity for intervention, ultimately helping patients choose life over self-harm.

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It is true that one to one mental health nursing care applied to identified clients is among the
most successful intervention for preventing depressed, vulnerable clients from taking their own
lives. Bulechek, (2012) emphasizes that associating closely with the patients, knowing where
they are, and safety checking after every fifteen minutes among other activities such as staying
with them till medication is over, helps in preventing them from committing suicide. Constant
observation often prevents the patient from further indulging in detrimental activities such as
drug abuse and thus suicide. This is due to the fact that highly depressed and vulnerable
individuals often turn to drugs in attempt to alleviate their emotions which Bulechek argues that
might subject them into severer repercussions such as attempted suicide.
It is true that discussing suicide will not make the person more likely to attempt the crime.
Asking somebody whether he or she is suicidal provokes their minds to come up with ideas they
lacked before concerning the act. At this juncture, they will be more honest and comforted when
interrogated about their emotional states and intentions. Thus talking about suicide with suicidal
people may be the initial step in assisting them to opt to live. (Pope & Vasquez, 2010) point out
that most suicidal clients tend to acknowledge their feelings once questioned directly. They
normally find an approach of expressing their emotions to their counterparts- mostly through
speaking about their intents. It is at this point experts may find a way to convince them otherwise
and hence choose to live.

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Bibliography
Bulechek, G. M. (2012). Nursing interventions classification (NIC). St. Louis, Mo. ; London:
Mosby.
Pope, K. S., & Vasquez, M. J. (2010). Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling : A Practical
Guide. Hoboken : Wiley.