. Jeff, a 14-year-old boy, is being seen at the local health department for a required physical examination in order to play organized sports with his high school. He is accompanied by his mother, Betty. Before the examination Betty tells the nurse that Jeff is her only son and only teenager. She is not sure what is happening with his body but is aware of the recent dramatic changes Jeff has experienced.
a. What can the nurse teach Betty and Jeff about puberty and the changes it is responsible for in adolescents?
b. What can the nurse teach Betty about the psychosocial and cognitive stages of adolescence?
1)The nurse should explain jeff and betty that during puberty every people undergo emotional, physical, psychological changes.Development occurs inside and outside of the body.Changes during puberty is natural and normal.Puberty is caused by the release of harmones in a body.So changes in Jeff body is normal.
2)The nursen can teach betty that during puberty different changes occur in body of a person.They develop psychosocial changes where they develop the ability to explore their independence and they can develop their own personality and know their true self.Cognative skills such as they develop their own reasoning, explore possibilities and use logic and mostly their way of thinking changes from a way of child to adult.
. Jeff, a 14-year-old boy, is being seen at the local health department for a required...
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Donnie has brought his 4-year-old son, Isaac, to the pediatric free clinic for a kindergarten physical. Isaac is the older of two children of Donnie and Mary Smith. Donnie is employed as a farrier but his work does not provide insurance and he has come to a nurse-operated free clinic. Donnie shares that Isaac enjoys spending time with his father when he is working with the horses, but he is concerned that Isaac has an imaginary friend named “Tackle.” On...
1. Donnie has brought his 4-year-old son, Isaac, to the pediatric free clinic for a kindergarten physical. Isaac is the older of two children of Donnie and Mary Smith. Donnie is employed as a farrier but his work does not provide insurance and he has come to a nurse-operated free clinic. Donnie shares that Isaac enjoys spending time with his father when he is working with the horses, but he is concerned that Isaac has an imaginary friend named “Tackle.”...
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