When planning care for adolescents, the nurse should:
a. teach parents first, and they, in turn, will teach the teenager.
b. provide information for their long-term health needs because teenagers respond best to long-range planning.
c. maintain the parents' role by providing ex-planations for treatment and procedures to the parents only.
d. give information privately to adolescents about how they can manage the specific problems that they identify.
D
Problems that teenagers identify and are interested in are typically the problems that they are the most willing to address. Confidentiality is important to adolescents. Adolescents prefer to confer privately (without parents) with the nurse and healthcare provider. Teenagers are socially and cognitively at the developmental stage where the healthcare provider can teach them and can receive explanations about healthcare directly from the nurse. Teenagers are more interested in immediate healthcare needs than in long-term needs.
You might also like to view...
A nurse is caring for a client receiving norethindrone for endometriosis. After administering the drug, the nurse would assess the client for which of the following? Select all that apply
A) Breast tenderness B) Edema C) Somnolence D) Hyperglycemia E) Thinning hair
The nurse is teaching a patient about contact lens care. The patient has plastic lenses, so the nurse instructs the patient to
a. Use tap water to clean lenses. b. Keep the lenses is a cool dry place when not being used. c. Reuse storage solution for up to a week. d. Wash and rinse lens storage case daily.
Which of the following combinations is significantly associated with the frequency and severity of suicide attempts among adolescents?
a. schizophrenia, depression, and alcohol abuse b. conduct disorder, depression, and substance abuse c. schizophrenia, alcohol abuse, and school phobia d. antisocial personality disorder, mania, and alcohol abuse
The nurse administers penicillin to a client and monitors the client for an adverse reaction despite that the client said she was not allergic to penicillin. What is the rationale for checking for adverse reactions? Select all answers that apply
A) A person can be allergic to any medication at any time. B) Medications can react with over-the-counter medications to cause toxicity. C) Certain medications react with orange juice to cause toxicity. D) If medications are not taken on an empty stomach, adverse reactions may occur. E) Medications can react with herbal supplements to cause adverse reactions. F) Medications can react with other medications prescribed for the client.