What is the best response for the nurse to make to an adolescent ...

[Garrulous]

What is the best response for the nurse to make to an adolescent who states, I am very sad. I wish I wasn't alive..?
 
  a. Everyone feels sad once in a while..
  b. You are just trying to escape your prob-lems..
  c. Have you told your parents how you feel?
  d. Have you thought about hurting yourself?

Question 2

Which statement is the most appropriate advice to give parents of a 16-year-old teenager who is rebellious?
 
  a. You need to be stricter so that your teenager feels more secure..
  b. You need to allow your teenager to make realistic choices while using consistent and structured discipline..
  c. Increasing your teen's involvement with his peers will improve his self-esteem..
  d. Allow your teenager to choose the type of discipline that is used in your home..

[perkiness]

Answer to Question 1

D
Have you thought about hurting yourself? acknowledges the adolescent's suicide gesture and further assesses the adolescent's condition. Everyone feels sad once in a while is a judgmental response that ignores the adolescent's obvious statement indicating a need for professional help. The parents should be made aware of an adolescent's precarious mental state; however, Have you told your parents how you feel? does not address the adolescent's statement.

Answer to Question 2

B
Allowing teenagers to choose between realistic options and offering consistent and structured discipline typically enhances cooperation and decreases rebelliousness. Setting stricter limits typically does not decrease rebelliousness or increase feelings of security. Increasing peer involvement does not typically increase self-esteem. Allowing teenagers to choose the method of discipline is not realistic and typically does not reduce rebelliousness.

[Garrulous]

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[perkiness]

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