The nurse is providing care to a Navajo American adolescent patient who states, "I am an adult now in my culture." Which has occurred for the patient to make this statement?
1) Graduating from high school
2) Becoming engaged
3) Starting menstruation
4) Passing a driver's permit exam
ANS: 3
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