The leading cause of injury-related deaths in adolescents aged 14 ...

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The leading cause of injury-related deaths in adolescents aged 14 to 19 is by:
 
  a. drowning c. suicide
  b. motor vehicle occupant injuries d. homicide

Question 2

The nurse is aware that students in the school have a problem with drug abuse. The nurse decides to prepare an educational seminar on the effects of drug abuse on health. In the first seminar, alcohol abuse is discussed.
 
  The nurse teaches the students that alcohol abuse can cause which of the following problems: a. Peptic ulcers
  b. Hepatitis
  c. Pancreatitis
  d. All of the above

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Answer to Question 1

B

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A Incorrect. Adolescents are far less likely to drown than younger children.
B Correct. Adolescent inexperience driving and other risky behaviors take a heavy toll, as motor vehicle occupant injuries become the number one cause of unintentional injury deaths from age 14 to 19.
C Incorrect. Although suicide becomes more prevalent in this age grouping, it remains a smaller percentage cause for death.
D Incorrect. Although homicide becomes a larger percentage cause for injury-related deaths among this age group, it remains dramatically overshadowed by motor vehicle occupant injuries.

Answer to Question 2

D
Alcohol abuse can cause all of these problems, in addition to the consequences from the dependency and the intoxication.