A tearful, anxious man comes to the clinic with the chief complaint, "I should be dead." The first task of the nurse conducting the assessment interview is to:

A tearful, anxious man comes to the clinic with the chief complaint, "I should be dead." The first task of the nurse conducting the assessment interview is to:



a. assess the lethality of his suicide plan.

b. establish initial rapport with the patient.

c. encourage the expression of anger.

d. determine risk factors for suicide.



Answer: B


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