What is the NGASR?
What is the NGASR? The Nurses' Global Assessment of Suicide Risk (NGASR) is a tool that nurses can utilize to assess for suicide risk in a clinical, inpatient environment. Suicide risk assessment takes a lot of experience and practice, and the NGASR is one tool that can provide assistance while nurses develop these critical skills. How do you do a mental health risk assessment? There are five steps involved in the risk management process and these are described in detail here.Step 1: Establish the context of risk. Step 2: Identifying the risk. Step 3: Assess the risk. Step 4: Treating...