The school nurse is assessing coping skills of high school students who attend an alternative school for students at high risk to not graduate. What is the priority concern that the nurse has for this student population?
a. Altered vital sign readings
b. Inaccurate perceptions of stressors
c. Increased risk for suicide
d. Decreased access to alcoholic beverages
ANS: C
Adolescents with poor coping have increased risk for drug and alcohol use, risky sexual behaviors, and suicide. Pulse, respiratory rate, and blood pressure may change during stress, but patient safety is the priority concern. Adolescents may have inaccurate perceptions of stressors, and this actually increases the risk for unsafe behaviors. Adolescents under stress are more at risk for increasing their access to alcohol and illegal drugs.
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