The nurse is aware that the Tanner staging system for sexual maturity is:
a. Based on the development of pubic hair in girls
b. More accurate than using chronological age
c. Based on staged voice changes in males
d. Based on measured color of pigmentation on the scrotum and areola
A
The Tanner staging system for the measurement of sexual maturity is based on both breast and pubic hair development in girls and both genital and pubic hair development in boys.
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