The mental health nurse is working with a group of women from another country and is encouraging them to stop smoking before and during pregnancy
The nurse knows that her teaching has been effective when the women state that the reason to stop smoking would be to lessen the chance that their child could develop which of the following? 1. Unhappy memories
2. A personality disorder
3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
4. Benzodiazepine withdrawal
3. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Rationale:
Recent studies suggest that nicotinic dysregulation may play a role in child and adolescent disorders. Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases the risk for ADHD in children. Smoking during pregnancy is not related to personality disorder, unhappy memories, or benzodiazepine withdrawal.
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