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A 15-year-old adolescent confides in the nurse that he has been contemplating suicide. he says he has developed a specific plan to carry it out and pleads with the nurse not to tell anyone. what is the nurse's best response

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User Tobi
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I think it would be to alert the parents. for his protection, it shouldn't be secret. The nurse shouldn't honor the confidentiality of the situation. 
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