When providing care for an adolescent with a (overanxious) separation anxiety disorder, what should be the primary initial goal that a nurse identifies?
A) Setting very strict limits on what behavior can be tolerated
B) Making the adolescent aware of the outcome of his or her desire to excel
C) Establishing an atmosphere of calm, trust, and unconditional acceptance
D) Excluding parents from goal setting with the adolescent about anxious behaviors
Question 2
A clinic nurse is caring for a 19-year-old client who lost his parents in an automobile accident. The client lives with his elderly grandmother. The client turns down his acceptance to the college.
As a result, the nurse should anticipate that the client may have difficulty moving through which stage of the family lifecycle?
A) Family with adolescents
B) Single young adult
C) Family in later life
D) Family launching grown children
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