A group of new graduate nurses is beginning work in the emergency department (ED). During their orientation the nurses are taking classes in caring for psychiatric patients
Who would the graduate nurses learn is at a high risk for suicide?
A) Those with chronic illness
B) The elderly
C) Adolescents
D) The unemployed
Ans: B
Feedback: Males are at greater risk than females. Others at risk are elderly people; young adults; people who are enduring unusual loss or stress; those who are unemployed, divorced, widowed, or living alone; those showing signs of significant depression (eg, weight loss, sleep disturbances, somatic complaints, suicidal preoccupation); and those with a history of a previous suicide attempt, suicide in the family, or psychiatric illness.
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