The nursing instructor is educating a group of nursing students on sports-related injuries. Which comment made by a student nurse would indicate to the nursing instructor the need for further instruction?
A) "Clients who participate in sports, strenuous exercise, or athletics of any kind should be educated about the dangers of unreported head injuries."
B) "Adolescents are at the greatest risk for not reporting sports-related injuries."
C) "Young adults are at the greatest risk for not reporting sports-related injuries."
D) "Clients who have been injured playing a sport need to be counseled on the risks of unreported concussions."
Answer: C
Clients who participate in sports, strenuous exercise, or athletics of any kind should be educated about the dangers of unreported head injuries. Adolescents are at the greatest risk for not reporting sports-related injuries, but adults should be educated about the dangers as well. Clients who have been injured playing a sport, or even those receiving a sports physical, could be counseled by nurses about the risks of unreported concussions.
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