The nurse is assessing suicide potential in a patient who has expressed hopelessness. In what order does the nurse question the patient about suicidal thoughts?

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Suicide assessment should be performed through direct questioning. First, the nurse would need to know if the patient has ideations: Are you thinking about killing yourself? ; then if the patient has a plan, Do you have a plan to kill yourself? If the patient has a plan, then the nurse would ask about method: How do you plan to kill yourself? If the patient has ideations, a plan, a method, then does the patient have access to that method the nurse asks, How would you carry out this plan? Do you have access to the means to carry out the plan?

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