A community health nurse working with adolescents recognizes that which characteristic would most likely be displayed by an adolescent who is at increased risk to engage in risk-taking beha-vior?
a. Poor academic performance
b. High self-esteem
c. Middle-class income
d. Involvement in extracurricular activities
A
Increased adolescent risk-taking behaviors include: poor academic performance, poor parental role models, low self-esteem, lack of a supportive social environment, and poverty.
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a. family history. b. environmental history. c. past health history. d. psychosocial history.
The hospital ethics committee has decided to move to the relational ethics framework for decision making. What change should the committee members expect from this framework shift?
1. The number of options for discussion will be reduced. 2. Use of other ethical theories and guidelines will be eliminated. 3. Decisions made will be more practical and action-oriented. 4. The impact of the environment on the decision will be reduced.
For a client receiving medications to treat dermatological parasites, the nurse plans the client's care based on which of the following nursing diagnoses?
a. Risk for altered skin integrity related to pruritis. b. Risk for infection related to transmission of current infection. c. Risk for injury related to adverse effects of medications. d. Deficient knowledge related to infection process and treatment.
Calculate the amount of sodium chloride needed to prepare 650 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride solution, using sodium chloride powder and water: ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).