Crisis Intervention and Suicidal Ideation · NCLEX Exam

What outcome would a nurse expect in a short-term period from crisis intervention with a client?

  1. Continue to feel completely hopeless and unmotivated to change.
  2. Express new coping strategies and willingness to use a safety plan.
  3. Decline to take any part in the treatment-planning process.
  4. Keep refusing help and state that 'no one can help me.'
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Correct answer: Express new coping strategies and willingness to use a safety plan.

A key short-term outcome is client engagement, use of coping strategies, and reduction of immediate risk.

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