A nurse working with adolescents recognizes risk factors for pregnancy include which of the following? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply
1. Low socioeconomic status
2. A belief in invulnerability
3. A highly functional family
4. Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
5. Accurate information about contraception
1, 2, 4
Explanation: 1. Poverty is a major risk factor for adolescent pregnancy.
2. The sense of invulnerability and "it won't happen to me" thinking can lead adolescents to participate in sexual activity with an overly optimistic view of the outcomes of the risks associated with their actions.
4. Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse increases the risk of teenage pregnancy.
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1. a colleague's statement regarding the criminality of abortion. 2. noting personal opinion as such and separating it from problem solving. 3. asking questions to obtain further information to use when applying reasoning to a situation or problem. 4. being able to separate facts from inferences. 5.
A fetal weight is estimated at 4490 grams in a client at 38 weeks' gestation. Counseling should occur before labor regarding which of the following?
1. Mother's undiagnosed diabetes 2. Likelihood of a cesarean delivery 3. Effectiveness of epidural anesthesia with a large fetus 4. Need for early delivery
Which of the following ideas are important in Bowlby's Object Loss Theory, which was based on the study of World War II orphaned children?
a. A strong ego can resist the crisis of maternal loss. b. Maternal loss early in life may predispose to depression. c. The mother has little influence on a child's ego development. d. Depression is stimulated only by losses later in life.
A mother tells the nurse that head lice have been discovered in her child's hair. What is the best instruction by the nurse?
1. "Purchase a lotion and apply it to your child's scalp. Leave it on for 12 hours." 2. "Purchase a lotion and apply it to your child's head three times a day for 2 weeks." 3. "Purchase a lotion, apply it to your child's head and body, and leave it on for 24 hours." 4. "Purchase a lotion and apply it to your child's scalp for 10 minutes."