The nurse learns the patient has a plan to kill as many people as possible by stabbing or shooting them. Which intervention by the nurse is most important?

Stand between the patient and the door when assessing the patient. The most important intervention by the nurse caring for a patient with the plan to harm others is to ensure one’s own safety by standing between the patient and the door. Once the nurse is positioned safely, the nurse can ask the patient about access to firearms or a knife and if the patient has ever harmed other people or himself. Security personnel should be called to the room to search the patient for weapons.

The nurse learns the patient has a plan to kill as many people as...

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