The nurse completing an assessment for an adolescent from a humanistic–interactionist perspective will include which of the following assessments? Choose the best response
1. Developmental and psychosocial
2. Spiritual only
3. Psychosocial and physiological
4. Physiological and spiritual
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Rationale: A psychiatric–mental health nurse needs knowledge about developmental theories and psychobiology. The nurse assesses both psychosocial and physiological systems of an adolescent when assessing from an interactionist perspective. Both the developmental and spiritual are included in the psychosocial component.
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