Which of the following is a concern when dealing with an adolescent patient?
A) The adolescent patient fears permanent disfigurement from injuries.
B) Physiologically, adolescents are very different from adults.
C) The adolescent patient will generally be more truthful about what happened in front of his parents than in front of his peers.
D) Adolescents usually lack the sophistication to understand explanations of what you are doing and why.
Question 2
As you care for an elderly patient experiencing a serious medical condition, you would expect any deterioration to take place:
A) slowly and steadily. B) slowly, with a later shift to rapidly.
C) rapidly. D) rapidly, with a later shift to slowly.
Patient with rheumatoid arthritis
Patient conditions not appropriate for elctronic blood pressure measurement
Patient's forearm supported in bed