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AEWBW

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The nurse presenting a suicide prevention lecture would decide who the target population is based on what fact?
 
  a. Females have the highest risk for suicide.
  b. Children are considered a high-risk group for committing suicide.
  c. The highest suicide rate is among the Caucasian middle-age population.
  d. Rates of suicide are highest among the older population, age 80 and older.

Question 2

Which statement by a young adult would alert the nurse to increased suicide risk?
 
  a. I have a necktie in my room that I can use to hang myself.
  b. If I fail one more class, I'm going to have to think about ending it.
  c. When I leave home to live on my own, I'm going to buy myself a gun.
  d. When I took two bottles of Mom's pills, I had to have my stomach pumped.


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Kimmy

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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
The highest rate of suicide is among the older adult population. The remaining options are not true statements.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Only the correct option states an intended method and indicates immediacy and available means of enacting a successful suicide attack.


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