Emancipated minors are: 1. Economically self-supporting ...

[jazziefee]

Emancipated minors are:
 
  1. Economically self-supporting adolescents under 18 years of age, no longer living at home, and not subject to parental control.
  2. Beginning to understand treatment risks.
  3. Designated when child and parents do not agree.
  4. Declared when there is a potential conflict of interest between the child and parents.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a young child in the clinic. The mother tells the nurse the child sleepwalks every night. Which statement by the nurse is appropriate?
 
  1. Are you concerned the child is not getting enough sleep?
 
  2. What time does your child goes to bed at night?
 
  3. Is the child experiencing any stress at home?
  4. What do you know about children who sleepwalk?

[macybarnes]

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale:
1. Emancipated minors are economically self-supporting adolescents under 18 years of age, no longer living at home, and not subject to parental control. They can legally give informed consent for themselves.
2. Emancipated minors have more knowledge than just beginning understanding. They are solely responsible for themselves, and can give informed consent.
3. Emancipated minors are not designated only when the parents and child have a disagreement, but when the minor becomes solely responsible for all aspects of her life.
4. Emancipated minors are not declared as such only when there is a conflict of interest between the child and parents. The child has sole responsibility for all aspects of her life.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale:

1. The nurse is more concerned about the reason the child is sleepwalking, not about the amount of sleep the child is getting.
2. The nurse is concerned about the reason the child is sleepwalking, not about the child's nighttime routine.
3. Sleepwalking and sleeptalking sometime occur in school-age children, but usually decrease as the child nears adolescence. Children who have stress at home, such as parental fighting, ill family members, or inadequate food and shelter, often have increased incidence of sleepwalking.
4. It is not necessary to ask this question of this mother at this time. It is more important to determine why the child is sleepwalking.