What is the role of the nurse in prevention and intervention with ...

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What is the role of the nurse in prevention and intervention with youth who smoke?
 
  1. Implement programs for prevention and cessation.
   2. Inform parents privately that their children are smokers.
   3. Instruct children about the dangers of smoking without their parents present.
   4. Give literature about smoking to the children.

Question 2

Poor school performance can be exhibited by school-age children exhibiting which characteristic?
 
  1. Decreased auditory stimulation
  2. Increase muscle tone
  3. Multiple dental caries
 
   4. Chronic tonsillitis

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Answer to Question 1

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Rationale:
The roles of nurses in preventing and intervening in youth smoking are to inform youth, identify smokers, and implement programs for prevention and cessation.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale:
1. Children with problems with vision, hearing, and muscle tone are at risk for poor school performance, since most school activities involve listening, seeing, and kinetic activity.
2. A decrease in muscle tone would most likely cause problems at school.
3. School performance is not likely affected by dental caries.
4. School performance is not likely affected by chronic tonsillitis.