You are a nurse manager of an ICU in a local hospital and have ...

[meagbuch]

You are a nurse manager of an ICU in a local hospital and have lost two nurses on your staff. One nurse quit and the other nurse is receiving treatment in a center for alcohol abuse.
 
  What type of group would you recommend to your staff before considering a transfer or quitting? 1. Nurse-to-nurse support group
  2. Nurse storytelling group
  3. Nurse bibliotherapy group
  4. Nurse Alcoholics Anonymous group

Question 2

A recent study about suicide risk based on the cultural worldview of African-American and European-Americans shows that:
 
  1. Resilience gives individuals more reasons to live.
  2. Difficulty communicating and the ability to integrate new and old information is the reason for suicidal behavior.
  3. Constriction of thought, a dyadic event, and/or increased communication skills give individuals more reasons to live.
  4. High parental conflict is the reason for suicidal behavior.

[ryansturges]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Nurses who work together may form discussion and counseling groups to help reduce their job-related stress and to help them deal with problems of interpersonal relationships in more satisfying ways. Nurses in various intensive care and other high-pressure settings identify with increasing frequency the need for group work services that the psychiatricmental health nurse can provide.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: African-American and European-American participants were studied by Walker and associates (2010) for suicide risk based on cultural worldview. The results showed that resilience within ethnic groups, regardless of their worldview, gave individuals more reasons to live.

[meagbuch]

Excellent

[yeungji]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it