The nurse is learning about protective measures in patients displaying hopelessness to prevent suicide. Which patient should the nurse recognize as displaying external protective measures?
1. The patient who is passive during a dispute.
2. The patient who requests assistance when needed.
3. The patient who remains calm during an argument.
4. The patient who displays problem-solving capabilities.
2. The patient who requests assistance when needed.
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During a mental status examination, the nurse wants to assess a patient's affect. The nurse should ask the patient which question?
a. "How do you feel today?" b. "Would you please repeat the following words?" c. "Have these medications had any effect on your pain?" d. "Has this pain affected your ability to get dressed by yourself?"
Mental health is influenced by inherited characteristics, childhood nurturing, and
1. financial status. 2. approval of others. 3. life circumstances. 4. the luck of the draw.
Which of the following responses by the nurse is most appropriate to the statement "This test isn't my idea, but my husband insists"?
a. "Don't worry. Everything will be fine." b. "Why don't you want to have this test?" c. "You're concerned about having this test?" d. "It's your decision."
Which statement is true about mortality rates? Mortality rates:
a. are informative only for fatal diseases. b. provide information about existing disease in the population. c. are calculated using a population estimate at year-end. d. reveal the risk of getting a particular dis-ease.