Exam 20: School-Age Children and Adolescents

A community health nurse is engaged in a community-wide program for promoting nutrition in adolescents. Which information would lead the nurse to target the program to adolescent girls?

Which would a community health nurse expect to attribute in the adolescent population with an eating disorder?

The school nurse is working closely with the school-age child with type 2 diabetes, the family, the health care provider, and teacher to ensure proper follow-up. Which level of prevention would the nurse be implementing?

A community health nurse is working with local community agencies to provide services for children and adolescents with disabilities. Based on the nurse's knowledge of the most common disabilities affecting this group, the nurse would advocate for which service to address the largest group?

A community health nurse is working with a group of school nurses to develop interventions for a 10-year-old girl exhibiting signs and symptoms of school refusal. Which intervention would be most appropriate?

A community health nurse who is participating in a nutritional screening program with school-age children measures their body mass index (BMI). The majority of children fall within the 45th to 65th percentile for their age. How would the nurse classify these children?

A community health nurse is speaking to a group of parents of incoming college freshmen students who will be living in the dormitories. The focus of the program is on the college health program, health issues, and immunizations. Which immunization would the nurse most strongly encourage the students to receive if they have not received it previously?

When working with community groups to develop appropriate programs for adolescent health promotion, the nurse integrates knowledge of the Healthy People 2030 objectives. Which is addressed by many of those objectives?

When preparing a program about substance abuse prevention for adolescents, the community health nurse would focus on which substance as the most frequently used?

A community health nurse is teaching a group of parents about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Which statement by the parents would indicate the need for additional teaching?

When preparing a program to address violence among school-age children and adolescents, the community health nurse integrates knowledge of:

A community health nurse is working with the local health department on screening for sexually transmitted infections. Which infection would the nurse identify as the most common?

Which program would be least effective to implement for a community of school-age children who are experiencing dental caries?

A community health nurse is implementing a family planning program near a local inner city's schools. The nurse is engaging which type of health service?

The school nurse is planning a meeting with family whose school-age child has asthma to develop an action plan to control or minimize the untoward effects of acute asthma episodes. Which level of prevention is the nurse implementing?

When providing safety education for parents of school-age children, the community health nurse would focus interventions on which as the priority?

A community health nurse is working with local schools to help address teen pregnancy. The nurse would develop interventions based on:

When working with school districts, which school-based approach would the community health nurse encourage as the most effective to solve the problem of teenage suicide?

The school nurse is organizing an education fair for primary age school children. The nurse will be promoting good nutrition and a physically active lifestyle. Which level of prevention would the nurse be implementing?

The school nurse is organizing an education fair for children with type 2 diabetes. The nurse will be teaching the older children how to calculate their BMI. Which level of prevention would the nurse be implementing?