A Nursing Instructor Is Teaching About Suicide

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor is teaching about suicide. Which student statement indicates that learning has occurred?

• A)"Suicidal threats and gestures should be considered manipulative and/or attention-seeking."
• B)"Suicide is the act of a psychotic person."
• C)"All suicidal individuals are mentally ill."
• D)"50% to 80% of all people who kill themselves have a history of a previous attempt."

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Definitions:

Whistleblowing

The act of exposing any kind of information or activity that is deemed illegal, unethical, or not correct within an organization.

Government Protection

Measures and policies implemented by a government to ensure the safety, rights, and well-being of its citizens.

Morality

A system of conduct that covers all broadly based, mostly unwritten standards of how people should behave and generally conform to cultural ideals of right and wrong.

Rationalizations

Justifications or explanations that are logically plausible but are actually used to justify behavior or beliefs that are not based on reason.