Working with adolescents with mental health issues is more often likely to be challenging for nurses because of:
a. their noncompliance with treatments
b. similarities between normal development and pathology
c. the interference of their family
d. medication abuse
B
Working with adolescents with mental health issues is more often likely to be challenging for nurses because of similarities between normal development and pathology. Adolescence is a period of turmoil for the individual. They are making physical, emotional, and social transitions that are a normal part of growth and development; they may appear to have a pathological origin to the untrained eye.
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