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appyboo

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The school nurse is working with several teenage girls who are pregnant but remaining in school. The nurse must be prepared in case one of these students goes into labor at school.
 
  Which of the following actions is the most important for the nurse to take, in addition to making sure there is an emergency delivery kit in the school? a. Let the teachers know how to contact the nurse 24 hours a day.
  b. Make home health visits to the student and the student's family.
  c. Provide information on how to include the father in the birth.
  d. Write an Individual Health Plan for each pregnant student.

Question 2

The school nurse is planning a health education curriculum. What topics would he or she select to begin the teaching of health education in the intermediate grades (4th, 5th, and 6th)?
 
  a. sex education and contraception
  b. the dangers of alcohol and drugs
  c. personal hygiene and self-esteem building
  d. hormonal changes that occur in the teens


jessofishing

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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

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A Incorrect. Let the teachers know how to contact the nurse 24 hours a day is not the most important action.
B Incorrect. Make home health visits to the student and the student's family is not the most important action.
C Incorrect. Provide information on how to include the father in the birth is not the most important action.
D Correct. The school nurse must be prepared if students go into labor at school. Any school there a pregnant student is enrolled should have an emergency delivery kit available. An Individual Health Plan should be developed for each pregnant student for school personnel to follow in case of emergency.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A Incorrect. Sex education and contraception is not age appropriate for 4th-6th graders.
B Incorrect. The dangers of alcohol and drugs is not age appropriate for 4th-6th graders.
C Correct. As children reach the intermediate grades (fourth, fifth, and sixth), health education can focus on personal hygiene and programs that enhance self-esteem.
D Incorrect. Hormonal changes that occur in the teen years is not age appropriate for 4th-6th graders.


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