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bclement10

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Which person is most vulnerable to the development of psychiatric illness based on sociocultural factors?
 
  a. A 16-year-old who has a parent with bipolar disorder
  b. A 55-year-old who has retired with full pay from a job as a high school teacher
  c. A 24-year-old who was raised by a grandparent after both parents died in a plane crash
  d. A 67-year-old from a minority group who is poor and has no social support system

Question 2

After teaching a class about competency and how it is assessed, the nursing instructor determines the need for additional instruction when the class identifies which ability as being evaluated?
 
  A) Communication of choices
  B) Understanding of relevant information
  C) Appreciation for situation and consequences
  D) Discussion of what is right and wrong



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Answer to Question 1

D
Being a minority, living in poverty, being elderly, and having no social support are sociocultural risk factors.

Answer to Question 2

D



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