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Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice 6th Edition
Chapter 15 : Mental Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is working with a family in which the parents have just gotten divorced. After teaching the parents about measures to reduce the risk of emotional problems for the children, which statement by the parents indicates a need for additional teaching?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Altering routines to avoid the past may disrupt stability and hinder processing the divorce, indicating a need for further teaching. Ensuring children don?t feel responsible, consistent visitation, and consistent limits are appropriate strategies to reduce emotional problems.
Question 2 of 5
A group of nursing students is reviewing information about the differences that occur with grieving in children, adolescents, and adults. The students demonstrate understanding of this information when they identify which of the following as characteristic of adolescents?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Adolescents typically mourn by talking about the loss, as they have developed cognitive and social skills to express grief verbally. Viewing death as reversible or needing repeated explanations is characteristic of younger children, and time limits for grieving are not typical.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is working with a child for which an out-of-home placement has occurred. Which of the following would the nurse anticipate as the child?s initial response?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Protest is the initial response in children experiencing out-of-home placement, often manifesting as anger or resistance due to separation. Withdrawal, despair, or detachment may follow later as part of the grief process, per Bowlby?s attachment theory.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is working with a child who has engaged in bullying. Which of the following would be most effective for the nurse to implement?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Social skills training is most effective for addressing bullying, as it teaches empathy, communication, and conflict resolution, targeting the root behaviors. Psychoeducation provides knowledge, bibliotherapy uses reading, and early intervention is broader, not specific to bullying.
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is developing a plan of care for a family who is experiencing problems related to their child?s chronic illness. The nurse plans to have the family read a group of short stories written by parents of children with chronic illnesses. The nurse will be using which technique?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Using stories written by parents of chronically ill children is bibliotherapy, which promotes insight and coping through reading relevant materials. Psychoeducation involves direct teaching, social skills training targets interpersonal behaviors, and assertiveness training focuses on communication skills.