Which statement represents a fact about suicide?
A. More women than men commit suicide.
B. Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
C. Native Americans and Alaskan Natives have low suicide rates.
D. A schizophrenic client is at a great risk for attempting suicide.
Ans: D. A schizophrenic client is at a great risk for attempting suicide.
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a. Continue to nurse on both sides to encourage milk flow. b. Immediately discontinue nursing to allow for healing. c. Temporarily discontinue nursing on the affected breast, and manually express milk and discard it. d. Temporarily discontinue nursing on affected breast, but manually express milk and give it to the baby.
The physician decides to send the mother for a test to determine the fetal lung maturity. This fetal well-being test is called a(n):
a. biophysical profile. b. alpha-fetoprotein. c. amniocentesis. d. ultrasound.
A patient is arriving to the orthopedic floor from the emergency room
While giving report to the floor nurse, the emergency room nurse states that the patient has a fracture of the nose that has resulted in a skin tear and involvement of the mucous membranes of the nasal passages. The orthopedic nurse is aware that this description likely indicates which type of fracture? A) Compression B) Compound C) Impacted D) Transverse
The hospital is forming an ethics committee. Which concept should be central to that committee's function?
1. Most of the committee's work should involve short-term ethical issues. 2. The overriding concern of the committee should be protection of the hospital. 3. Members should be limited to medical staff. 4. The committee should act to provide guidelines for potential problems.