The nurse is assessing the patient with major depressive disorder. Which characteristic alerts the nurse that the patient may be planning to commit suicide? 

The patient with schizophrenia has refused medication for several days. When the nurse attempts to administer the medication he responds, "I don’t need this. Give it to somebody who has a mental disorder." The nurse suspects which condition?

While completing a patient’s history, the patient states: “I just don’t like the life I am living. I wish it were over.” Which is the most appropriate response from the nurse?