In Which Circumstance Would a Psychiatric Forensic Nurse Examiner Determine

question 11

Multiple Choice

In which circumstance would a psychiatric forensic nurse examiner determine it appropriate for a defendant and attorney to consider the insanity defense? At the time of the crime, the defendant

• A) shot a drug dealer who tried to overcharge for cocaine.
• B) acted on auditory hallucinations of the voice of God commanding, "Kill the children."
• C) tampered with the brakes on his wife's car after discovering she had an extramarital affair.
• D) was frightened because of a home robbery the preceding night, assumed a family member was another burglar, and shot him.

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Atomic Sentences

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Atomic Sentences

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