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asan beg · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The area between the ends of the axon and dendrite where neurotransmitters are released is called the:

a. action potential
b. ion pore
c. synaptic cleft
d. transmitter receptor

Question 2

You are giving a flu-prevention injection to a woman who shares with you that she lost her husband 2 years ago when, after discovering he had cancer, he committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in their garage. This widow appears angry.

She tells you that she still blames herself for not preventing her husband's death by being home that day. Which of the following interventions would be the MOST helpful at this time? a. Explain that she should be over the loss by this time.
b. Tell her that she was not to blame, because he would have committed suicide even if she were home.
c. Offer information about community resources and available groups for suicide survivors.
d. Let her express her anger, and reassure her that her angry feelings will go away.

HandsomeMarc · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
The synaptic cleft is the area between the ends of the axon and dendrite where neurotransmitters are released. It serves as the route for transmitting the messages from the axon to the dendrite.

Answer to Question 2

C
The most appropriate and helpful intervention would be for the nurse to offer information about community resources and available groups for suicide survivors. The groups will provide the wife with the opportunity to express her feelings regarding her husband's suicide. Group meetings will also provide her an opportunity to address her own guilt feelings.