Author Question: A 16-year-old girl comes to the pediatric clinic for information on birth control. The nurse knows ... (Read 50 times)

elizabeth18 · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

A 16-year-old girl comes to the pediatric clinic for information on birth control. The nurse knows that before this young woman can be examined, consent must be obtained from which source?

a. Herself
b. Her mother
c. Court order
d. Legal guardian

Question 2

What nursing interventions should the nurse plan for a hospitalized toddler to minimize fear of bodily injury? (Select all that apply.)

a. Perform procedures slowly.
b. Maintain parentchild contact.
c. Use progressively smaller dressings on surgical incisions.
d. Tell the child bleeding will stop after the needle is removed.
e. Remove a dressing as quickly as possible from surgical incisions.

bimper21 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Contraceptive advice is one of the conditions that is considered medically emancipated. The adolescent is able to provide her own informed consent.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B, C
Whenever procedures are performed on young children, the most supportive intervention to minimize the fear of bodily injury is to do the procedure as quickly as possible while maintaining parentchild contact. Because of toddlers' and preschool children's poorly defined body boundaries, the use of bandages may be particularly helpful. For example, telling children that the bleeding will stop after the needle is removed does little to relieve their fears, but applying a small Band-Aid usually reassures them. The size of bandages is also significant to children in this age group; the larger the bandage, the more importance is attached to the wound. Watching their surgical dressings become successively smaller is one way young children can measure healing and improvement. Prematurely removing a dressing may cause these children considerable concern for their well-being.