This guideline is relevant for all domains of nursing practice across all practice settings at the unit, organization, and system levels including health-care providers, first responders, and peer support workers who all work collaboratively to deliver comprehensive and quality responses, care, and services to people within, between, and across health-care and community settings.
This guideline is relevant for all domains of nursing practice across all practice settings at the unit, organization, and system levels including health-care providers, first responders, and peer support workers who all work collaboratively to deliver comprehensive and quality responses, care, and services to people within, between, and across health-care and community settings.
As an introduction, we’ve provided summaries of the practice recommendations from the BPG document — but we strongly encourage downloading RNAO’s official PDF.
Use brief intervention approaches with persons in crisis to reduce symptoms of crisis and increase motivation for change and other health improvements.
Support persons experiencing a crisis to engage meaningfully and safely in a critical incident stress debriefing process within 24 to 72 hours post-crisis in order to reduce distress and improve mental health.
Create crisis plans in collaboration with persons experiencing crisis using strength-based approaches.
Facilitate access for persons experiencing crisis to community-based outreach support (including outreach visits and mobile crisis teams), as well as appropriate health-care providers, peer support workers, and mental health and substance use services.
Engage peers trained in evidence-based approaches such as psychological first aid to provide comfort and support to persons experiencing crisis.
Encourage utilization of telecommunication- and technology-based solutions for people at risk for, or experiencing, crisis as a means for receiving:
In collaboration with the person and when needed, provide or refer them to additional or continued supports and services.
