Identifying the risk of suicide among adolescents admitted to a children's hospital using the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions.
Dianna D InmanJoanne MatthewsLisa ButcherColleen SwartzAmy Lynn MeadowsPublished in: Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing : official publication of the Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurses, Inc (2019)
This pilot quality improvement initiative showed that suicide screening is feasible and acceptable to patients and families in a general pediatric inpatient setting. However, nurses would benefit from further teaching and training around asking suicide screening questions.