A female teen with celiac disease continues to eat food she knows will make her ill several hours after ingestion. While planning care, the nurse considers maturational and tertiary-level interventions
Which intervention will the nurse add to the care plan?
a. Teach the teen about the food pyramid.
b. Administer antidiarrheal medications with meals.
c. Gently admonish the teen and her parents regarding the consistently poor diet choices.
d. Assist the teen in meeting dietary restrictions while eating foods similar to those eaten by her friends.
ANS: D
Tertiary-level interventions assist the patient in readapting to life with an illness. By adjusting the diet to meet dietary guidelines and also addressing adolescent maturational needs, the nurse will help the teen to eat an appropriate diet without health complications and see herself as a "typical and normal" teenager. Teaching about the food pyramid will not address the real issue, which is that the teen is still eating what she knows will make her ill and the food pyramid is usually a primary intervention. Administering antidiarrheal medications may help but is not a tertiary-level or maturational intervention. Admonishing the teen and parents is not a tertiary-level intervention, and because this approach is nontherapeutic, it may cause communication problems.
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