Pediatric Patients Suicidal Case Study

This article is about caring for pediatric patients who are suicidal. I believe in coincided with what we have recently been learning about during our clinical experience. I was also interested in this article because I had worked in pediatrics for six years prior to working in a rehab/nursing home setting. After reading this article, I learned ways to carefully screen the pediatric patient, how to do an assessment and how some families act and what measures of support they need during their families time of crisis. This article gave a case study of a boy that was brought into the emergency department with his mother and grandfather. When the nurse met him in the reception area he was sitting in a chair with his legs pulled up to his chest and his shoe laces were untied. He avoided eye contact during their meeting. The mother in the case study was visibly upset. This boy was brought to the emergency department because this young boy was found in the kitchen holding a butcher knife to his neck, when his mother walked in and got the young boy to give her the knife. Prior to this day there were many changes in the young boy’s life, he recently started a new school and he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. This boy also had trouble making friends in his school and he was being bullied. Other children at school
All these techniques can be used when dealing with suicidal patients. Our role as nurse’s plays an important role in managing our patient’s care while they are in our care and promoting their health by educating our patients and their families. Education has been the biggest thing with all aspects of care no matter the illness our patients have. I have learned so much during this clinical experience and hope to continue learning as I continue my education, so I can continue to educate my