The person who is at the most risk for committing suicide is a(n)
1. middle-aged married man.
2. young African American man who lives alone.
3. elderly white man who is the last survivor of four siblings.
4. high school freshman who is 30 pounds overweight.
3
The incidence of suicide increase with age.
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A patient with Parkinson disease is depressed because his drug protocol of L-dopa and Sinemet is no longer controlling his symptoms. What is the best response by the nurse?
a. Other drugs can be combined with L-dopa to increase its effectiveness. b. The effect of these drugs has an uneven course; symptoms will begin to subside again soon. c. The two drugs can be given in higher doses to control the symptoms. d. Surgical interventions have been very ef-fective in the control of parkinsonian symptoms.
It has been calculated that a patient in the intensive care unit needs 1800 calories each day to sustain normal metabolic functioning. The nurse calculates that which number of calories is needed to sustain central nervous system (CNS) functioning?
1. 1440 calories 2. 360 calories 3. 900 calories 4. 720 calories
A nurse is assessing a client who complains of aching abdominal pain. To correctly assess this client, the nurse would
a. defer palpation altogether. b. give pain medication before starting. c. palpate the nonpainful areas first. d. percuss the abdomen before ausculating.
The nurse is using Naegele's rule to determine when the client's due date will be. The client's last menstrual period was June 9. The nurse calculates the client's due date will be:
A) September 2. B) September 16. C) March 16. D) March 2.