The school nurse is discussing challenges of the adolescent years with a group of high school students in health class. What challenges toward adolescent development will the nurse include?
a. Developing intimacy
b. Maintaining dependence on parents
c. Searching for identity
d. Adjusting to body changes
e. Establishing future goals
ANS: A, C, D, E
Adolescents face the challenges of developing intimacy, searching for identity, adjusting to body changes and establishing goals for the future. Adolescents are striving for independence from parents.
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The nurse evaluates the patient's lifestyle for factors that are contributing to his or her diagnosis of hypertension and then addresses the need to change what factor?
A) Working outdoors in the sun B) Weight lifting at the gym C) Married with two children D) Exposure to high-frequency noise
A community health nurse wants to provide health promotion classes through the local hospital. Which topics should the nurse include in this endeavor?
1. Time management 2. Healthy eating habits 3. Exercise after stroke 4. Bicycle safety for children 5. Performing self-examination of the breasts
Mr. Sandstrom, age 34, is recovering from a below-the-knee amputation secondary to a motor vehicle accident. You meet with the client to update his care plan and Mr. Sandstrom states that he knows that he will walk again
He asks for physical therapy schedules and time lines for prosthetics based on his healing process. Based on your knowledge of the theory of reasoned action, the client's behavior reflects A) an enhanced ability to meet his goals based on his intention and behaviors. B) unrealistic goal setting that is irrational based on the client's diagnosis and behaviors. C) a depression that will complicate the healing process. D) denial of the injury and part of the healing process.
To reduce pressure points that may lead to pressure ulcers, the nurse should:
1. Position the client directly on the trochanter when side-lying 2. Use a donut device for the client when sitting up 3. Elevate the head of the bed as little as possible 4. Massage over the bony prominences