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vicotolentino · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

When working with an adolescent who is going through a transition from junior high school to high school, the nurse MOST needs to do which of the following?

a. share with the adolescent memories of the nurse's experience making this transition
b. let the student know that thousands of other students have made this transition
c. provide a list of all the benefits of the junior high school experience
d. explore the meaning of the transitional experience to the adolescent

Question 2

The school nurse talks with an adolescent who comes into the nurse's office complaining of a stomachache.

In talking with the adolescent and the adolescent's parents, the nurse learns that this adolescent has been withdrawing from usual activities, sleeping a lot, eating poorly, and having a lot of unprovoked anger. Based on these symptoms, the nurse would suspect: a. stomach virus and recommend that the mother take the child to the pediatrician
b. depression and talk with the mother to enlist her help in screening for depression
c. anorexia nervosa and recommend that the mother take the child to a clinic for anorexia nervosa for screening
d. attention-seeking behavior due to identity crisis, and enlist the teacher's help to reduce stress in the classroom

efwsefaw · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
Assessment of readiness includes identifying the meaning of the transitional experience to the client. In the adolescent, for example, the transition from junior high to high school may be desirable or dreaded. Similarly, expectations about the transition may vary from those that are realistic to those that are extremely unrealistic. The adolescent whose expectations are unrealistic is poorly prepared for such a transition.

Answer to Question 2

B
When change a change in behavior patterns that is marked by withdrawal from usual activities, excessive sleeping, poor appetite, and sudden outbursts of anger is noted, depression may be the adolescent's problem and the adolescent may need professional assistance. The nurse should talk with the mother to enlist her help in screening for depression.