Your 17-year-old male client has been sexually active for the past 2 years. He refuses to use condoms because he believes it is "unmanly" to do so. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be most appropriate?
1. Ineffective health maintenance
2. Ineffective individual coping
3. Deficient knowledge
4. Altered growth and development
ANS: 1
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1. Energy balance. 2. Metabolism. 3. Basal metabolic rate. 4. Caloric requirement.
What are the key tenants of the Triple Aim for Health Care? (Select all that apply.)
a. Better care for individuals b. Better health for populations c. Better working conditions for nurses d. Reduction of per capita costs
An adolescent who recently moved to a new school in a different town presents to an ambulatory care center and describes the following:
"I have no friends in my new school, and I no longer want to go to college. I know I will be lonely there,too." Which of these takes priority when speaking with the adolescent? 1. Helping the adolescent realize thevalue of postsecondary education 2. Promoting healthy mental-healthoutcomes 3. Acknowledging the fact that it takesseveral months to make new friends at a new school due to adolescent exclusion behaviors 4. Stressing the importance of remainingin a close parent/child relationship during these stressful times
Which of the following statements indicates that J.P. understands your discharge teaching?
a. "I will drink a minimum of eight glasses of fluid per day." b. "I should wait 2 hours after taking this medicine before I eat." c. "I will notify the health care provider if my hands and feet become numb." d. "This drug may make me dizzy so I should not do an activity that requires alertness."