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@Brianna17

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Funding for federal programs to assist the homeless depends on statistics. Challenges to that include: (SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY)
 
  A) Homeless people have no address and are difficult to track.
  B) Homeless people may be working poor and not eager to admit their situation.
  C) Estimates are that homeless people change their base of locations approximately every 2 months.
  D) Homeless people are not cognitively able to participate in a survey.
  E) Homeless people routinely lie to people they don't know.
  F) Homeless shelters discourage keeping statistics on their clients.

Question 2

A group of adolescents run into your clinic, dragging one of their friends. They tell you, He tried to kill himself. Which of the following interventions is the best option for the nurse to use with a suicidal teenager?
 
  A) Tell the adolescent that this is no way to gain the respect of an adult.
  B) Tell the adolescent how to cope with his/her situation.
  C) Explore with the adolescent options other than suicide to help his or her situation.
  D) Tell the adolescent, Nothing can be that bad



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Answer to Question 1

A, B, C

Answer to Question 2

C



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