Mental health support needed to prevent suicides after discharge
All nurses must find the courage to discuss suicide with vulnerable patients in a bid to reduce the number of mental health patients who kill themselves shortly after discharge from hospital, according to the RCN.
Nursing Standard.
28, 47, 13-13.
doi: 10.7748/ns.28.47.13.s13
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