A nurse is working on a task force setting up a suicide ...

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A nurse is working on a task force setting up a suicide prevention hotline. When gathering data to support projected numbers of calls and staffing levels, the nurse is guided by the knowledge that suicide rates of adolescents and young adults:
 
  a. are inversely related to homicide rates
  b. correspond to homicide rates
  c. do not predictably relate to homicide rates
  d. equal homicide rates of 3 months earlier

Question 2

Your sister has recently gone through a divorce, and you are concerned about her health as she seems to have very little energy and is no longer interested in things she used to enjoy. She agrees to visit your family doctor for a check-up.
 
  If her physician determined she had a mental illness rather than a medical illness, his decision would most likely be based on:
  A) Identifying a cluster of symptoms she is experiencing.
  B) Determining the underlying pathology of her condition.
  C) Identifying a cluster of symptoms she is experiencing and determining that her functioning was impaired.
  D) Determining the underlying pathology of her condition and determining that her functioning was not impaired.

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Answer to Question 1

A
In determining the projected numbers of calls and staffing levels for a suicide prevention hotline, the nurse is guided by the fact that suicide rates of adolescents and young adults are inversely related to homicide rates. Geographic regions with low suicide rates tend to have high homicide rates, and regions with high suicide rates tend to have lower homicide rates.

Answer to Question 2

C