The nurse is presenting information to a gatekeeper training class about the people in a suicide victim's life, including the most commonly recognized risk factors for suicidal behavior, symptoms of mental illness, and barriers to mental health
treatment. The nurse teaches that both parents and friends were equally able to recognize many risk factors, but friends were better than parents at recognizing risk factors for: 1. Suicide.
2. Mania.
3. Substance abuse.
4. Depression.
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Rationale: Parents and friends can be instrumental in preventing suicide. Parents and friends universally recognized most symptoms, although friends were better able to recognize symptoms of substance abuse.
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1. Communicable disease. 2. Epidemic. 3. Outbreak. 4. Nosocomial infection.
Labor contractions facilitate cervical dilation by:
a. Contracting the lower uterine segment. b. Enlarging the internal size of the uterus. c. Promoting blood flow to the cervix. d. Pulling the cervix over the fetus and amniotic sac.
Identify the term used when a person lives with consciousness of a reality beyond what is knowable through the five senses and is aware of a transcendent reality
a. Religion b. Spirituality c. Truth d. Meditation
When a 76-year-old client diagnosed with terminal cancer expresses hopelessness and despair to the nurse, the nurse should
A) Notify the physician B) Contact the religious leader at his church C) Encourage him to think positively D) Listen empathetically and attentively