Improving suicide risk screening in the emergency department.
Why you should read this article: • To enhance your awareness and understanding of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Risk Scale • To learn about a project to improve suicide risk screening in three emergency departments in the US • To acknowledge the need to provide nurses with adequate training and too...
| Publicado en: | Emergency Nurse Vol. 32; no. 6; pp. 21 - 26 |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
Nov2024
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