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1. 1.The nurse teaches parents
Ans: A
of adolescents that
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adolescents need the
The adolescent experiences drastic changes in the
support of
physical, cognitive, psychosocial,
parents and nurses to
facilitate healthy lifestyles. and psychosexual areas. With this rapid growth
What should be a priority during adolescence, the development
focus of of secondary sexual characteristics, and interest in the
this guidance? op- posite sex, the adolescent
A) Reducing risk-taking needs the support and guidance of parents and
behavior nurses to facilitate healthy lifestyles
B) Promoting adequate and to reduce risk-taking behaviors. Promoting
physical growth physical growth, maximizing learning
C)Maximizing learning potential, and teaching hygiene are secondary to
potential reducing risky behavior.
D) Teaching personal
hygiene routines Ans: C
2. 2. The nurse has seen a
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boy during health Both teenagers are in the middle state of
surveillance visits. Which adolescence, which is marked by an
physi-
cal characteristics would be seen increase in shoulder, chest, and hip widths.
Decreased res-
in both teenagers? piratory rate occurs in early
A) Decreased respiratory rates of adolescence, as do fully functioning sweat and
sebaceous
15 to 20 breaths per minute C)Increased shoulder, chest, and
B) Eruption of the last four hip widths
mo- lars D) Fully functioning sweat and
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sebaceous glands glands. Eruption of the last
four molars occurs in late adolescence.
3. 3. The nurse is performing
an assessment of the
reproductive
Ans: D
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system of a The first menstrual period usually begins between the
ages
17-year-old girl. What would alert of 9 and 15 years
the nurse to a developmental de- (average 12.8 years). Breast budding
(thelarche) occurs at
lay in this girl? approximately ages 9 to
A) Areola and papilla 11 years and is followed by the growth of pubic hair.
separate from the
contour of the breast
B) Mature distribution
and coarseness of
pubic hair
C)Developed breast tissue
D) Absence of first menstrual
pe- riod
4. 4. The school nurse is performing Ans: C
health assessments on Feedback:
students in middle school. PHV occurs at approximately 12 years of age in
Of what developmental mile- girls or about 6 to 12 months after
stone should the nurse be menarche. Height in girls increases rapidly after
aware? menarche and usually ceases 2 to
A)Height in girls increases rapid- 21/2 years after menarche. Boys' growth spurt
occurs later
ly after menarche and than girls' and usually
usually ceases begins between the ages of 101/2 and 16 years and
immediately after ends sometime between the ages
menarche. of 131/2 and 171/2 years. Boys reach PHV at about
B) Boys' growth spurts 14 years
usually
begin between the ages of 8 and of age. PWV occurs about
14 years and end between the ages of 131/2
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and 171/2 years. 6 months after menarche in girls and at about 14
C)Peak height velocity (PHV) years of age in boys.
oc- curs at approximately 12
years of age in girls
or about 6 to 12 months
after menarche.