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NR 326 - Mental Health Nursing Exam #2
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
What is the leading cause of DEATH and most LETHAL
method among suicide victims?
- Gunshot wounds
What precautions should be utilized always with patients
who are suicidal?
- Suicide prevention
- 1:1 observations
What is the definition of suicide?
- The act of taking one's own life, derived from the Latin word for
"one's own killing"
What marriage status is at an increased risk for suicide?
- Single/ Never married
What gender is at a greater risk for suicide involved in a
divorce?
- Men are more at risk for suicide that have been through a
divorce
What gender is more at risk for suicide?
- Females are more at risk
What gender is more successful at attempting suicide?
- Males are more successful at attempting suicide
What sexual orientation is at the highest risk for suicide?
- Transgender individuals
What age range(s) are more at risk for suicide?
- 45-54-years-old
- > 85 years-old
What method of suicide is utilized mostly with males?
- Firearms (also why their more successful)
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What method of suicide is utilized mostly with females?
- Suffocation
What religion is at the highest risk for suicide?
- Protestants
- Jewish
What religion is at the lowest risk for suicide?
- Roman Catholic
- Muslims
What Socioeconomic class(es) are at the highest risk for
suicide?
- High social classes
- Low social classes
What occupations are at an increased risk for suicide?
- Physicians
- Artists
- Dentists
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers
- Insurance agents
What employment status is at an increased risk for suicide?
- individuals who are unemployed
What ethnicity is at the highest risk for suicide?
- Whites
What ethnicity is at the highest risk for addiction and is at the
second highest risk for suicide?
- American Indians
- Alaskan natives
What ethnicity is at the lowest risk for suicide?
- Asian-Americans
What are some feelings associated to warning signs of
suicide?
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- Anxiety
- Agitation
- Abnormal sleep habits
What mood changes occur as a warning sign of suicide?
- dramatic changes in mood
What thoughts are warning signs for suicide?
- Thoughts of Hopelessness
What actions, writings, and/or sayings are warning signs of
suicide?
- Writing/ Saying morbid things
What should a nurse distinguish/ identify related to the
assessment of suicide?
- Ideas (Thoughts)
- Plans (Intentions)
- Attempts (behaviors)
What are the two types of ideations?
- Passive Ideation
- Active ideation
What is an example of a passive ideation?
- "I can go to sleep and not wake up"
- "It doesn't matter if I am here or not"
What are some examples of Active ideations?
- "I am going to die"
- "I want to do it"
If a patient attempted to injure themselves, what must we
distinguish the attempts between?
- Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSIB)
- Suicidal self-injury
What are some examples of Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSIB)
- Cutting
- Burns
NR 326 - Mental Health Nursing Exam #2
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Latest Versions 2025 Graded A+
What is the leading cause of DEATH and most LETHAL
method among suicide victims?
- Gunshot wounds
What precautions should be utilized always with patients
who are suicidal?
- Suicide prevention
- 1:1 observations
What is the definition of suicide?
- The act of taking one's own life, derived from the Latin word for
"one's own killing"
What marriage status is at an increased risk for suicide?
- Single/ Never married
What gender is at a greater risk for suicide involved in a
divorce?
- Men are more at risk for suicide that have been through a
divorce
What gender is more at risk for suicide?
- Females are more at risk
What gender is more successful at attempting suicide?
- Males are more successful at attempting suicide
What sexual orientation is at the highest risk for suicide?
- Transgender individuals
What age range(s) are more at risk for suicide?
- 45-54-years-old
- > 85 years-old
What method of suicide is utilized mostly with males?
- Firearms (also why their more successful)
,2
What method of suicide is utilized mostly with females?
- Suffocation
What religion is at the highest risk for suicide?
- Protestants
- Jewish
What religion is at the lowest risk for suicide?
- Roman Catholic
- Muslims
What Socioeconomic class(es) are at the highest risk for
suicide?
- High social classes
- Low social classes
What occupations are at an increased risk for suicide?
- Physicians
- Artists
- Dentists
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers
- Insurance agents
What employment status is at an increased risk for suicide?
- individuals who are unemployed
What ethnicity is at the highest risk for suicide?
- Whites
What ethnicity is at the highest risk for addiction and is at the
second highest risk for suicide?
- American Indians
- Alaskan natives
What ethnicity is at the lowest risk for suicide?
- Asian-Americans
What are some feelings associated to warning signs of
suicide?
, 3
- Anxiety
- Agitation
- Abnormal sleep habits
What mood changes occur as a warning sign of suicide?
- dramatic changes in mood
What thoughts are warning signs for suicide?
- Thoughts of Hopelessness
What actions, writings, and/or sayings are warning signs of
suicide?
- Writing/ Saying morbid things
What should a nurse distinguish/ identify related to the
assessment of suicide?
- Ideas (Thoughts)
- Plans (Intentions)
- Attempts (behaviors)
What are the two types of ideations?
- Passive Ideation
- Active ideation
What is an example of a passive ideation?
- "I can go to sleep and not wake up"
- "It doesn't matter if I am here or not"
What are some examples of Active ideations?
- "I am going to die"
- "I want to do it"
If a patient attempted to injure themselves, what must we
distinguish the attempts between?
- Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSIB)
- Suicidal self-injury
What are some examples of Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSIB)
- Cutting
- Burns
