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On Thursday, a college junior is accompanied to the student health center by her roommate. The roommate explains to a nurse that for 3 days the client has been unable to attend her classes.
 
  She cries constantly and becomes panicky whenever her roommate leaves to go to classes and meals. The nurse performs an assessment and finds that the client does not know the date and has difficulty with short-term memory. What crucial information is missing that will best enable the nurse to plan interventions that will be helpful for this client?
  A) The precipitating stressor
  B) The client's usual ability to cope with stress
  C) The distance from the client's dorm to the library
  D) The due date of the client's next school project

Question 2

Tertiary prevention in the area of suicide is BEST represented by:
 
  a. reduced numbers of suicidal attempts in certain populations
  b. increase in education about risk factors involved in suicide
  c. increase in survival rates of persons attempting suicide
  d. increased hospitalization of persons with suicidal ideation



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C
Tertiary prevention in the area of suicide is best represented by an increase in survival rates of persons attempting suicide. Tertiary prevention focuses on rehabilitation and restoration. Reduced numbers of suicidal attempts in certain populations and increase in education about risk factors involved in suicide focus on primary prevention. Increased hospitalization of persons with suicidal ideation focuses on secondary prevention.



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