Burns Chapter 13 Physical Activity and Sports/100% CORRECT ANSWERS

The primary care paediatric nurse practitioner is performing a pre-participation sports physical examination on a 14-year-old male who will be on the wrestling team at school. What will the nurse practitioner include when discussing healthy practices with this adolescent? Risks associated with repeatedly losing and gaining weight The primary care paediatric nurse practitioner counselling the parent of an overweight school-age child about improving overall fitness. What will the nurse practitioner include? Encourage the child to begin by engaging in swimming or cycling. The parents of a pre-pubertal female who is on the local swim team tell the primary care paediatric nurse practitioner that their daughter wants to begin a strength training program to help improve her swimming ability. What will the nurse practitioner recommend? Enrolling their daughter in a program that uses fixed weight machines or resistance bands