NUR 208 Lesson 6 (Adolescence)
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
During puberty, girls experience an increase in weight and redistribution of fat.
Health-care considerations related to this include: Correct Answer: providing
reassurance that these changes are normal.
According to Erikson, the psychosocial task of adolescence is developing a
sense of _____________. Correct Answer: identity
The school nurse would inform parents who are seeking information regarding
adolescent masturbation that: Correct Answer: masturbation is normal in
adolescents and is more common among boys.
The school nurse tells adolescents that privacy and confidentiality will be
maintained unless a life-threatening situation arises. This practice is: Correct
Answer: important in establishing trusting relationships.
A 14-year-old girl tells the school nurse that she has not started to menstruate
and that all of her friends have. The nurse's best response to the girl would be to:
Correct Answer: explain that this is not unusual as sexual maturing can occur as
late as 15 years of age.
A 15-year-old athlete is concerned that the darkening pigment on his scrotum is
related to his frequent masturbation. The best response would be based on the
knowledge that the color change is: Correct Answer: the result of increase in
androgens.
According to Piaget, the cognitive development of the adolescent progresses
to the ___________ stage by middle adolescence. Correct Answer: formal
, The initiation of puberty is controlled by the secretions from the Correct Answer:
hypothalamus.
When a 16-year-old student tells her mother that she is going to go to work for 30
hours a week to earn money to buy a car, the most therapeutic response would
be: Correct Answer: "Will working 30 hours a week interfere with school?"
In planning sex education and contraceptive teaching for adolescents, the
health-care worker should recognize that: Correct Answer: adolescents
frequently do not have a basic understanding of fertility.
The appropriate term for the initial menstrual period is: Correct Answer:
menarche.
When providing health teaching for middle adolescents, the health-care worker
should recognize that middle adolescents: Correct Answer: develop the ability
to demonstrate deductive reasoning.
The health-care worker is sensitive to the fact that health concerns consistent
with middle adolescence are focused on: Correct Answer: physical
appearance.
The leading cause of teenage deaths is related to: Correct Answer: motor
vehicle accidents.
When an adolescent boy tells the health-care worker that he has recently had
a homosexual encounter with his best friend, the response should be based on
knowledge that this event suggests that the adolescent: Correct Answer: should
be encouraged to discuss this event.
Early adolescence is considered to begin at the age of: Correct Answer: 10
years.
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
During puberty, girls experience an increase in weight and redistribution of fat.
Health-care considerations related to this include: Correct Answer: providing
reassurance that these changes are normal.
According to Erikson, the psychosocial task of adolescence is developing a
sense of _____________. Correct Answer: identity
The school nurse would inform parents who are seeking information regarding
adolescent masturbation that: Correct Answer: masturbation is normal in
adolescents and is more common among boys.
The school nurse tells adolescents that privacy and confidentiality will be
maintained unless a life-threatening situation arises. This practice is: Correct
Answer: important in establishing trusting relationships.
A 14-year-old girl tells the school nurse that she has not started to menstruate
and that all of her friends have. The nurse's best response to the girl would be to:
Correct Answer: explain that this is not unusual as sexual maturing can occur as
late as 15 years of age.
A 15-year-old athlete is concerned that the darkening pigment on his scrotum is
related to his frequent masturbation. The best response would be based on the
knowledge that the color change is: Correct Answer: the result of increase in
androgens.
According to Piaget, the cognitive development of the adolescent progresses
to the ___________ stage by middle adolescence. Correct Answer: formal
, The initiation of puberty is controlled by the secretions from the Correct Answer:
hypothalamus.
When a 16-year-old student tells her mother that she is going to go to work for 30
hours a week to earn money to buy a car, the most therapeutic response would
be: Correct Answer: "Will working 30 hours a week interfere with school?"
In planning sex education and contraceptive teaching for adolescents, the
health-care worker should recognize that: Correct Answer: adolescents
frequently do not have a basic understanding of fertility.
The appropriate term for the initial menstrual period is: Correct Answer:
menarche.
When providing health teaching for middle adolescents, the health-care worker
should recognize that middle adolescents: Correct Answer: develop the ability
to demonstrate deductive reasoning.
The health-care worker is sensitive to the fact that health concerns consistent
with middle adolescence are focused on: Correct Answer: physical
appearance.
The leading cause of teenage deaths is related to: Correct Answer: motor
vehicle accidents.
When an adolescent boy tells the health-care worker that he has recently had
a homosexual encounter with his best friend, the response should be based on
knowledge that this event suggests that the adolescent: Correct Answer: should
be encouraged to discuss this event.
Early adolescence is considered to begin at the age of: Correct Answer: 10
years.
