An Indicator That the Suicidal Patient Is Exercising Suicide Self-Restraint

question 4

Multiple Choice

An indicator that the suicidal patient is exercising suicide self-restraint is:

• A) adherence to antidepressant therapy.
• B) agreeing to sign a no-suicide contract.
• C) disclosing a plan for suicide to staff.
• D) expressing feelings of hopelessness to the nurse.

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Definitions:

Resting Potential

The electrical charge of a neuron when it is not active or transmitting an impulse, representing the difference in electric potential across the neuron's membrane.

All-Or-None

Referring to the fact that a neuron either fires completely or does not fire at all.

Interneurons

Neurons that provide connections between sensory and motor neurons, as well as between themselves, to integrate sensory input and motor output.

Axons

Long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.