Chapter 10: The Adolescent

Chapter 10: The Adolescent

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. The nurse is aware that the Tanner staging system for sexual maturity is:

a.	Based on the development of pubic hair in girls
b.	More accurate than using chronological age
c.	Based on staged voice changes in males
d.	Based on measured color of pigmentation on the scrotum and areola

 

 

ANS:   A

The Tanner staging system for the measurement of sexual maturity is based on both breast and pubic hair development in girls and both genital and pubic hair development in boys.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension      REF:    p. 181              OBJ:    2

TOP:    General Characteristics and Development

KEY:   Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development

 

2. The nurse reminds the parents of an adolescent that one of the developmental tasks of adolescence is detachment from parents. Parents can assist their teen with this process by:

a.	Encouraging their teen to gain acceptance in a group of peers
b.	Distancing themselves from the teen
c.	Discouraging conformity with a peer group
d.	Avoiding the use of family networking or community resources

 

 

ANS:   A

Teens should be encouraged to gain acceptance in a peer group. Parents should not distance themselves from the teen, even if the teen does not seem to want their help. Discouraging a teen from conforming to a peer group will make detachment from parents difficult. Community resources and family networking are excellent sources of help.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    pp. 183-184     OBJ:    2

TOP:    Peer Relationships                              KEY:   Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:   NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation

 

3. To teach their teen the value of money and its responsibility, the nurse suggests that parents:

a.	Provide the teen with an allowance or a bank account
b.	Balance the teen’s checkbook for him or her
c.	Hand out money as requested
d.	Maintain the amount of allowance

 

 

ANS:   A

A teen should have an allowance. This will allow the teen to learn how to use money in a responsible way. If parents hand out money as asked, the child will not learn how to save or plan ahead. A teen should have the responsibility of balancing his or her own checkbook. Maintaining the amount of the allowance may not meet the needs of the maturing adolescent.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    p. 186              OBJ:    5

TOP:    Responsibility                                     KEY:   Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:   NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation

 

4. The nurse clarifies that the optimum time for a young man to perform a testicular exam is:

a.	After the first voiding in the morning
b.	After a hot bath or shower
c.	After strenuous exercise
d.	Before going to sleep at night

 

 

ANS:   B

The best time for a testicular exam is after a hot bath or shower as the scrotum is relaxed.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    p. 183              OBJ:    5

TOP:    Testicular Exam                                 KEY:   Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:   NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk