The school nurse is planning a presentation on pregnancy for 13- and 14-year-olds who are currently pregnant. When planning the content of this presentation, the nurse should keep in mind that these teens are:
1. Working on independence and autonomy.
2. No longer developing a sense of achievement.
3. Confident in their own identity.
4. In long-term, intimate relationships.
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Rationale 1: The developmental tasks of adolescence include developing an identity, gaining autonomy and independence, developing intimacy in a relationship, developing comfort with one's own sexuality, and developing a sense of achievement. Teens in early adolescence will not have achieved all of these tasks yet.
Rationale 2: One developmental task of adolescence is developing a sense of achievement.
Rationale 3: One developmental task of adolescence is developing an identity.
Rationale 4: Teens in early adolescence will typically be in short-term relationships.
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