Risk for suicide  Client will seek  Ask client directly: about how

out staff when feeling when where you will harming

urge to harm self yourself? If so, what do you plan to
 do? Do you have the means to carry
 Client will make out this plan?”
short-term verbal (or 
written) contract with  Create a safe environment
nurse not to harm self. for the client.
 
 Client will not  Remove harmful objects e.g
harm self. (glass, belts, rope, bobby pins).
  Supervise his medications.
 Client  Institute suicide precautions
verbalizes no thoughts as dictated by facility policy.
of suicide. 
  Formulate a short-term
 Client commits verbal or written contract with the
no acts of self-harm. client that he or she will not harm
 self.
 Client is able to Secure promise from client
verbalize names of that he or she will seek out a staff
resources outside the member or support person if any
hospital from whom he thoughts of suicide.
or she may request 
help if feeling suicidal.  Maintain close observation of
client. Place in room close to nurse’s
station; do not assign to private room
 Make rounds
at, irregular  intervals.

 Encourage verbalizations of
honest feelings.  Through
exploration and discussion, help
client to identify symbols of hope in
his or her life.

 Encourage client to express
angry feelings within appropriate
limits. Provide safe method of
hostility release.
 
 Help client to identify true
source of anger and to work on
adaptive coping skills for use outside
the treatment setting.

 Identify community
resources that client may use as
support system and from whom he
or she may request help if feeling
suicidal.
 Orient client to reality.
 Spend time with client.

Wallace's review 
May 18, 10

bookshelves: non-fiction 
status: Read in January, 2010 — I own a copy

Out this month is Letters to Juliet starring Amanda Seyfried and Vanessa Redgrave. The movie itself is charming in a sweet-romantic way,
but did you know it was based off of a book? And though the story itself isn't taken from any actual account, the theme is very much true... 

In Verona, Italy there is a monument dedicated to Juliet Capulet, its most famous resident, where thousands have flocked for over a century
to pray to, talk to, touch the gravestone of, and leave letters for the iconic lady of love. But how can that be? Juliet is a character, a figment of
William Shakespeare's imagination. Well, there you are wrong. Though we don't know that Juliet ever existed, her legend reaches back
much farther than Shakespeare, who wasn't as original as you might think. He took his story from other writers (primarily Arthur Brooks's
Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet and Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde), who had taken their stories from others before them. And
Juliet's (as well as Romeo's) existence depends entirely on whom you are asking. She is a legend, and many believe that legends start
somewhere. 
Regardless of Juliet's actual existence, the lovelorn have been visiting this site in Verona for centuries; speaking to Juliet and tacking up
notes begging her for help or just a listening ear. In the 1930's someone started answering them. Ettore Solimani was given the job of
caretaker to Juliet's tomb in April of 1937. As someone who deeply respected the legend of the arguably greatest heroine of love, he wanted
to do something more than just clean the grounds and admit people into the memorial. He recognized that what these women (and often
men as well) wanted was to be part of the legend -- to hear from Juliet as though she was a divine presence who could solve their love woes.
So he began to write back and became the first of Juliet's Secretaries; a line of people (often more than just one person now-a-days) now
known as Club di Giulietta, who respond to each letter written to Juliet that includes a return address. To this day not only do people post
hundreds of thousands of letters along the wall at Juliet's tomb, but they also send their letters to Verona from across the world. 

In Letters to Juliet: Celebrating Shakespeare's Greatest Heroine, the Magical City of Verona, and the Power of Love the history of this
magically romantic story, as well as the town of Verona and it's devotion to their sacred resident is told through photographs, facts, and
samples of letters written to Giulietta. It's almost enough to make you believe she's still there... and write your own letter.