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NSG3450 /NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 2025/2026
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+|
When considering community suicide prevention programs, what
population should the nurse plan to service w/ regular suicide
screenings? Select all that apply:
a. 10- to 34- y/o
b. males
c. college-educated adults
d. rural population
e. Native American-ANSWERS-A, B, E
Research supports which intervention implemented on a long-
term basis significantly reduces the incidence of suite and suicide
attempts in a pt diagnosed w. bipolar ds?
a. a SSRI
b. ECT
c. one-on-one observation
d. lithium-ANSWERS-D
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Gladys is seeing a therapist bc her husband committed suicide 6
months ago. Gladys tells her therapist, "I know he was in pain, but
why didn't he leave me a note?" The therapist's best response
would be:
a. "he probably acted quickly on his impulse to kill himself"
b. "he did not want to think about he pain he would cause you"
c. "he was not able to think clearly due to his emotional pain"
d. "he thought you may think it was an accident if there was no
note"-ANSWERS-C
Martin is a 23y/o male w/ a new diagnosis of schizophrenia, and
his family is receiving info from a home health nurse. The topic of
education is suicide prevention, and the nurse recognizes
effective teaching when the mother says:
a. "persons w/ schizophrenia rarely commit suicide"
b. "suicide risk is greater in the first few years after diagnosis"
c. "suicide is not common in schizophrenia due to confusion"
d. "most persons diagnosed w/ schizophrenia die of suicide"-
ANSWERS-B
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Sigmund Freud, Karl Menninger, and Aaron Beck theorized that
hopelessness was an integral part of why a person commits
suicide. A more recent theory suggest suicide results from:
a. elevated serotonin levels
b. the diathesis-stress model
c. outward aggression turned inward
d. a lack of perfectionism-ANSWERS-B
Which person is at the highest risk for suicide?
a. a 50 y/o married white male w/ depression who has a plan to
OD if circumstances at work do not improve
b. a 45 y/o married white female who recently lost her parents,
suffers from bipolar disorder, and attempted suicide once as a
teen
c. a young single white male who is alcohol dependent, hopeless,
impulsive, has just been rejected by his girlfriend, and has ready
access to a gun he has hidden
NSG3450 /NSG 3450 MENTAL HEALTH EXAM 3 2025/2026
NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+|
When considering community suicide prevention programs, what
population should the nurse plan to service w/ regular suicide
screenings? Select all that apply:
a. 10- to 34- y/o
b. males
c. college-educated adults
d. rural population
e. Native American-ANSWERS-A, B, E
Research supports which intervention implemented on a long-
term basis significantly reduces the incidence of suite and suicide
attempts in a pt diagnosed w. bipolar ds?
a. a SSRI
b. ECT
c. one-on-one observation
d. lithium-ANSWERS-D
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Gladys is seeing a therapist bc her husband committed suicide 6
months ago. Gladys tells her therapist, "I know he was in pain, but
why didn't he leave me a note?" The therapist's best response
would be:
a. "he probably acted quickly on his impulse to kill himself"
b. "he did not want to think about he pain he would cause you"
c. "he was not able to think clearly due to his emotional pain"
d. "he thought you may think it was an accident if there was no
note"-ANSWERS-C
Martin is a 23y/o male w/ a new diagnosis of schizophrenia, and
his family is receiving info from a home health nurse. The topic of
education is suicide prevention, and the nurse recognizes
effective teaching when the mother says:
a. "persons w/ schizophrenia rarely commit suicide"
b. "suicide risk is greater in the first few years after diagnosis"
c. "suicide is not common in schizophrenia due to confusion"
d. "most persons diagnosed w/ schizophrenia die of suicide"-
ANSWERS-B
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Sigmund Freud, Karl Menninger, and Aaron Beck theorized that
hopelessness was an integral part of why a person commits
suicide. A more recent theory suggest suicide results from:
a. elevated serotonin levels
b. the diathesis-stress model
c. outward aggression turned inward
d. a lack of perfectionism-ANSWERS-B
Which person is at the highest risk for suicide?
a. a 50 y/o married white male w/ depression who has a plan to
OD if circumstances at work do not improve
b. a 45 y/o married white female who recently lost her parents,
suffers from bipolar disorder, and attempted suicide once as a
teen
c. a young single white male who is alcohol dependent, hopeless,
impulsive, has just been rejected by his girlfriend, and has ready
access to a gun he has hidden
