Topic: Juvenile Jam / suicidal juveniles

The one thing that bails us out is to be constantly circulating in the unit. I work in a facility that has three pods of 10 rooms in a unit. If a resident is in a room, we check every 15 minutes at the minimum. On at least two occasions this saved a life and saved us from having our necks on the line too. Established rapport with residents are also useful. Just last week a resident informed us to check on another resident and essentially saved a life.