Answer to Question 1
C
C. Older children and adolescents tend to respond best when treated as adults and individuals and often can provide details about their health history and severity of symptoms.
A. Routine examinations of children have a focus on health promotion and illness prevention, particularly for care of well children with competent parenting and no serious health problems. The focus is on growth and development, sensory screening, dental examination, and behavioral assessment.
B. Children who are chronically ill, disabled, in foster care, or foreign-born adopted may require additional assessment.
D. The adolescent has a right to confidentiality. After talking with parents about historical information, the nurse arranges to be alone with the adolescent to speak further privately and to perform the examination.
Answer to Question 2
A, C, D
Physiologically, wound healing occurs in the same way for all patients, with skin cells and some tissues (including the vascular tissues) regenerating quickly and others regenerating slowly or not at all. The latter group includes cells of the liver, renal tubules, and central nervous system neurons.
Patient teaching: hair and scalp assessment
Patient teaching: mouth and pharyngeal assessment
Use face cradle covers to prevent the client’s skin from touching the face cradle upholstery.
Apply the substance to the client’s posterior leg with one smooth stroke. To stabilize the ...