The Community Health Nurse Is Discussing the Various Depression Screening

Multiple Choice

The community health nurse is discussing the various depression screening tools available to use when completing an initial assessment on a new client referral. Which tool, if used by the student nurse during the initial client assessment, indicates appropriate screening tool selection for a client suspected of depression?

A) AUDIT (US)
B) Adapted-SAD PERSONS
C) Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)
D) Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)