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Rapid Triage: Suicide Prevention for Nurses

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From screening tools to warning signs, severity triage, and rapid response, this board equips nurses with concise, practical knowledge for suicide prevention. This is a Middle School Science review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Screening & Assessment Tools, Warning Signs & Risk Factors, Communication & Response, Epidemiology & Facts, Severity & Triage.

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  • Screening & Assessment Tools

    This brief patient questionnaire's item 9 screens for suicidal thoughts.

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    PHQ-9

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  • Warning Signs & Risk Factors

    Withdrawal, hopeless talk, or giving away prized possessions are classic these.

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    Warning signs

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  • Communication & Response

    When a patient hints at suicide, nurses should do this directly and nonjudgmentally.

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    Ask directly

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  • Epidemiology & Facts

    In the U.S., dialing this three-digit number reaches the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

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    988

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  • Severity & Triage

    Passive thoughts like “better off dead” without plan indicate this level of ideation.

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    Passive ideation

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Screening & Assessment Tools

$100 — This brief patient questionnaire's item 9 screens for suicidal thoughts.
PHQ-9
$200 — This structured scale assesses suicidal ideation severity and behavior across a spectrum.
C-SSRS
$300 — This five-step framework guides risk assessment and triage in clinical settings.
SAFE-T
$400 — This short, four-item questionnaire screens for past and current suicidal behavior.
SBQ-R
$500 — This collaborative intervention creates prioritized coping steps and contacts for crisis response.
Safety Planning Intervention

Warning Signs & Risk Factors

$100 — Withdrawal, hopeless talk, or giving away prized possessions are classic these.
Warning signs
$200 — Previous self-harm or suicide attempt is this kind of major predictor.
Risk factor
$300 — Access to lethal means, like unsecured firearms or large pill supplies, represents this.
Elevated risk
$400 — Agitation, insomnia, and sudden mood improvement after despair can signal this danger.
Imminent risk
$500 — Family history, substance misuse, and chronic pain are examples of these contributors.
Predisposing factors

Communication & Response

$100 — When a patient hints at suicide, nurses should do this directly and nonjudgmentally.
Ask directly
$200 — Staying with the patient and notifying the team exemplify this immediate priority.
Ensure safety
$300 — Removing or securing medications and sharps is called reducing these.
Lethal means
$400 — Brief training that teaches Question, Persuade, Refer goes by this three-letter name.
QPR
$500 — Using open-ended questions and reflective listening builds this therapeutic bond.
Rapport

Epidemiology & Facts

$100 — In the U.S., dialing this three-digit number reaches the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
988
$200 — Globally, yearly deaths by suicide are in this hundreds-of-thousands range.
Over 700,000
$300 — In most countries, men die by suicide at higher rates than these.
Women
$400 — In the U.S., this method accounts for the highest proportion of suicide deaths.
Firearms
$500 — The weeks after discharge from this setting carry especially high risk.
Psychiatric hospital

Severity & Triage

$100 — Passive thoughts like “better off dead” without plan indicate this level of ideation.
Passive ideation
$200 — Expressing desire to die with specific thoughts but no plan is this kind of ideation.
Active ideation
$300 — Ideation with plan, intent, and access to means signals this urgency.
High risk
$400 — For high risk, this observation level—constant, within arm’s reach—is often required.
One-to-one
$500 — For moderate to high risk, this brief, collaborative document outlines coping steps and contacts.
Crisis response plan

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