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⟩ A client was hospitalized with major depression with suicidal ideation for 1 week. He is taking venlafaxine (Effexor), 75 mg three times a day, and is planning to return to work. The nurse asks the client if he is experiencing thoughts of self-harm. The client responds, "I hardly think about it anymore and wouldn't do anything to hurt myself." The nurse judges

* A. The client to be decompensates and in need have being readmitted to the hospital

* B. The client to need an adjustment or increase in his dose of antidepressant

* C. The depression to be improving and the suicidal ideation to be lessening

* D. The presence of suicidal ideation to warrant a telephone call to the client's physician

C. The depression to be improving and the suicidal ideation to be lessening

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