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A nurse is closely monitoring a female client who is admitted due for depression. The nurse determines which behavior as an indicator that the client is suicidal?
  1. The client tells the nurse that she wants to be alone and she’s too tired to interact with other clients.
  2. The client gets angry at her roommate who woreher shirt without asking.
  3. The client swears at the nurse who was facilitating a group therapy session.
  4. The client gives away her favorite book signed by the book’s author.
Explanation
Answer: D - When a depressed client starts giving away her favorite or cherished material possessions, the nurse takes it as a sign that she has finalized a plan for suicide. The nurse must increase suicide precautions. Clients who are depressed are often isolated and fatigued.
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