A home health nurse is concerned about a recently widowed client who is depressed. Which statement about suicide among the elderly population is most accurate?
A) Elderly people use less lethal means to commit suicide.
B) The percentage of suicides completed by elderly individuals is greater than the percentage of elderly in the population.
C) Elderly people attempt suicide twice as often as they complete it.
D) It is normal for elderly individuals to express a desire to die because they have come to terms with their mortality.
B
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What is the best response by the nurse when the obese mother of an obese child asks if she passed on the gene for obesity to her child?
A) "Obesity is due to multiple factors, including heredity." B) "Obesity is only due to behavioral factors." C) "Only Environmental factors cause obesity." D) "Only Lifestyle factors cause obesity."
When using the International Classification of Nursing Practice, which one of the following axes would the nurse expect to find?
A) Diagnostic concept B) Unit of care C) Focus D) Potentiality
A nurse working on the unit belongs to Generation X. What characteristic would most likely apply?
A) Born between 1925 and 1942 and often respectful of authority, supportive of hierarchy, and disciplined B) Called the "silent generation" and tend to have more traditional work values and ethics C) Taught to think as individuals from a young age and to express themselves creatively and independently D) Possibly lack interest in lifetime employment at one place, instead of valuing greater work-hour flexibility and a need to define success in their own terms
A 4yo's sibling has died. even though she was told her sibling is dead, the child keeps asking when she will come back. the pediatric nurse knows this is an example of which item?
a. state of denial b. memory loss caused by stress c. developmental approach to death d. severe psychopathology