The mother of identical twin sons seeks the nurse for advice. She reveals that one son became
depressed and made a serious suicide attempt a month ago. Now she is concerned that the other son
may also display suicidal tendencies.
The nurse can be most helpful if he replies
a. Primary prevention can be used to mitigate genetic factors..
b. Fortunately for your sons, dizygotic twins are at higher risk than identical
twins..
c. Your son is most likely to act out suicidal fantasies if he identifies with a suicide
victim..
d. Because hopelessness underlies suicide, instilling hope is the key to health
maintenance..
Question 2
A correctional nurse testified about care received by a specific client in the 8 hours before his
successful suicide.
The nurse responds to questions about what he saw and heard and the
interventions he performed and documented during the work shift. The nurse was acting as a(n)
a. forensic nurse examiner.
b. physiological forensic nurse.
c. expert witness.
d. fact witness.
When using an interpreter, the nurse should pose questions directly to the patient, not the interpre
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
A nurse adjusts the rate of a client’s IV.
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Mother Centipede
Cut the figure into two identical parts