When planning care for a school-age child who has been diagnosed ...

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When planning care for a school-age child who has been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, which measure would the nurse include initially in the treatment plan?
 
  a. Securing the support of the child's teacher
  b. Identifying any mental illness in the family history
  c. Providing the child with individual relaxation training
  d. Exploring the possible admission of the child to a residential facility

Question 2

You are teaching a class at a community health center on the topic of attributes that influence good health in the adult population. Which of the following would you tell them is associated with being married?
 
  A) Engaging in more health risking behaviors
  B) Having more serious psychological stress if you are a married middle-aged woman
  C) Consuming more alcohol and smoking more cigarettes
  D) Having a higher incidence of being overweight or obese if your are a middle-aged man

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Answer to Question 1

A
Since the stressors affecting the child may be exacerbated by the school environment (e.g., separation and performance anxiety), the support of the child's teacher is vital to identifying and managing the child's anxiety disorder. Parental anxiety disorders, depression, or both have been identified as family factors in children's anxiety disorders, but this would be in the history, not in the plan. Residential treatment would not be the first option in a plan, and individual relaxation may or may not be part of treatment.

Answer to Question 2

D