SCP for prevention and detection of suicide risk in adolescents and young adults

Abstract

Introduction. Suicide is the mental health

problem that has received the most attention

worldwide. This problem, most prevalent in

adolescents and young adults between the ages

of 15 and 25, affects individuals, families, and

societies. Therefore, it is necessary for nursing, as

a profession in constant interaction with society, to

perform innovative interventions that improve the

population’s quality of life. Objective. To compose

care plans with interventions based on scientific

evidence and directed to the timely prevention

and detection of suicide risk in adolescents and

young adults in the first and second levels of care.

Materials and methodology. 1. Study the literature

in order to identify health problems in adolescents

and young adults in Mexico. 2. Construct the nursing

diagnosis. 3. Establish nursing interventions based

on scientific evidence. 4. Establish expected results.

Thematic content. A plan of care was elaborated with

the main diagnostic nursing tags—chronic low self-

esteem, suicide risk, dysfunctional family processes,

and insomnia—along with their respective

interventions and results. Discussion. Similarities

were found with Serrano, who establishes a series

of actions that the nursing staff must perform such

as emotional support, improvement of self-esteem,

and suicide self-control as a response to the suicide

risk diagnosis. Conclusions. Before a situation

involving a risk of suicide, it is necessary for nursing

professionals to detect risk factors and implement

interventions with the goal of reducing the incidence

of morbidity and mortality in adolescents and young

adults.