A Nursing Instructor Is Teaching About Suicide in the Elderly

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nursing instructor is teaching about suicide in the elderly population. Which information should the instructor include?

• A) Elderly people use less lethal means to commit suicide.
• B) Although the elderly comprise less than 13 percent of the population, they account for 15 percent of all suicides.
• C) Suicide is the second leading cause of death among the elderly.
• D) It is normal for elderly individuals to express a desire to die, because they have come to terms with their mortality.

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Definitions:

Allport's Conditions

Criteria identified by psychologist Gordon Allport that facilitate positive contact between groups, including equal status, common goals, and institutional support.

Deindividuation

A psychological state of decreased self-evaluation and decreased evaluation apprehension causing antinormative and disinhibited behavior.

Hostility Between Groups

Negative attitudes and aggressive actions directed from one group towards another, often stemming from prejudices or conflict over resources or values.

Arbitration

A method of dispute resolution in which an impartial third party, the arbitrator, makes a decision to resolve a dispute.