[Suicidal patient identification]

The daily evidence, in the course of professional practice shows the important role of nurses in detecting suicidal patient because the staff is in better accessibility unlimited dedication in front of a voluntary consultation and creation of an environment trust.

The main objective of this plan is to identify patients at risk of suicidal behavior in psychiatric hospital settings.

The basic procedures for achieving these goals are to use methods such as clinical interviews, observation and application of scales that tell us that a patient may be contemplating suicide. This assessment will take into account several variables: physical, psychological, behavioral, verbal, social, familial, demographic, etc. The aim is, likewise, discard myths about suicide which may mask important information and help to identify patients at risk. It should be noted that only a small number of suicides happen without warning. Most suicide give clear warnings of their intentions. These patients do not want to stop living, what they really want is to stop suffering, but his mental condition prevents them from thinking about other solutions while his thoughts focused on the negative aspects of his life without being able to take into account the positive.

The result that the aim this plan of care is to prevent the suicide of patients in the hospital. For although not all suicides can be prevented, most do.