Author Question: The school nurse is teaching an adolescent about social networking and texting on phones. What ... (Read 86 times)

Pea0909berry · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

The school nurse is teaching an adolescent about social networking and texting on phones. What statement by the adolescent indicates a need for further teaching?

a. Social networking can help me develop interpersonal skills.
b. I will have an opportunity to interact with people like myself.
c. My text messaging during class time in school will not cause any disruption.
d. I should be cautious, as the online environment can create opportunities for cyberbullying.

Question 2

The school nurse recognizes that pubertal delay in boys is considered if no enlargement of the testes or scrotal changes have occurred by what age?

a. 11 1/2 to 12 years
b. 12 1/2 to 13 years
c. 13 1/2 to 14 years
d. 14 1/2 to 15 years

stillxalice · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 28, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Internet chatrooms and social networking sites have created a more public arena for trying out identities and developing interpersonal skills with a wider network of people, occasionally with anonymity. This can create opportunities for young people who have a limited access to friends (because of rural location, shyness, or rare chronic conditions) to interact with people like themselves. Both the online and text environment can create opportunities for cyberbullying, in which teens engage in insults, harassment, and publicly humiliating statements online or on cell phones. Text messaging and instant messaging via cell phones has become a common activity and can sometimes be disruptive during school. If the adolescent indicates it will not be disruptive, further teaching is needed.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Concerns about pubertal delay should be considered for boys who exhibit no enlargement of the testes or scrotal changes by ages 13 1/2 to 14 years or if genital growth is not complete 4 years after the testicles begin to enlarge.