The nurse suspects a 75-year-old male client is contemplating suicide. Which of the following factors place him at greater risk for suicide? Standard Text: Select all that apply
1. Being non-Hispanic Black
2. Frequent alcohol consumption
3. Being married
4. High socio-economic status
5. Having chronic pain caused by cancer
2,3,5
Rationale: Being non-Hispanic Black. Non-Hispanic Blacks have the lowest suicide rate. Non-Hispanic Whites have the highest suicide rates followed by Native Americans and Alaskan Natives.
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a. Patients with diabetes have an increased risk of an allergic reaction. b. Patients taking TMP/SMZ may need in-creased doses of glipizide. c. The patient should check the blood glu-cose level more often while taking TMP/SMZ. d. The patient should stop taking the glipi-zide while taking the TMP/SMZ.
The nurse is caring for a 6-month-old child who has elbow restraints ordered. The nurse should:
a. Remove both restraints with supervision b. Examine both limbs one at a time with the restraints off c. Keep the restraints on until the physician orders them to be removed d. Generously pad the restraints, but not remove them
The person's area of the room is considered:
a. Public space b. Working space c. Private d. Home-like
Opportunistic infections have become less common, and mortality is diminished, because HAART:
1. decreases RNA replication. 2. increases the amount of red blood cells in the body. 3. increases the number of CD4 lymphocytes. 4. decreases the transmission of opportunistic infections from one person to another.