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Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E
Frequently Asked
Questions
How is an individual's
development included in nursing care?
The nurse practices with a holistic approach to the client. This encompasses
concern for constant changes that the client experiences throughout the life
span. Progression through each developmental stage influences health status.
The nurse uses knowledge about growth and development as assessment parameters
and to identify alterations in the expected pattern of development. Finally,
the nurse uses data on the client's development to individualize the approach
to nursing interventions.
What are some ways
that the nurse can get an adolescent to discuss concerns about sexuality?
The nurse uses critical thinking skills when planning an approach to discussing
sexuality with an adolescent client. The nurse is aware that the rapid physical
changes of this stage are accompanied by psychological and social changes. The
adolescent is developing a new body image and, at the same time, is developing
a different level of relationship with members of the opposite sex. There is
a lot of information available to teens about sexually-transmitted disease and
the risks associated with teen pregnancy but an individual teen may have no
idea how this information applies in real-life situations. The adolescent needs
a sensitive, empathetic nurse who speaks in a clear, direct manner about sexual
concerns and who listen carefully to the teen's response.
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