A school nurse is preparing educational activities for all high school students on reproductive health. The principal cautions that the program can only contain information about sexual abstinence. Which action by the nurse would be most appropriate?
A.
Argue that abstinence-only programs do not work and are not valuable.
B.
Discuss the need to have information appropriate to the teens' experience.
C.
Plan the program but encourage questions not related to the prepared material.
D.
Prepare an abstinence-only program because teens should not have sex.
ANS: B
Education on sexual health should take into consideration the age and sexual experience of the audience. For teens who have not yet had sexual intercourse, an abstinence-only program might make sense. However, if the teens have already engaged in sexual intercourse, they are likely to continue this behavior, and the program should focus on using condoms in order to avoid unprotected sex and its risks. Abstinence-only programs cannot be characterized as being of no value. Encouraging teens to ask questions off the prepared topic is a passive-aggressive action. It is not up to the nurse to decide if teens should have sex or not.
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