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Question 1 of 5

The parents of a 15-year-old seek to have this teen declared a delinquent because of excessive drinking, habitually running away, and prostitution. The nurse interviewing the patient should recognize these behaviors often occur in adolescents who:

A. have been abused.

B. are attention seeking.

C. have eating disorders.

D. are developmentally delayed.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: have been abused.

Question 2 of 5

A married couple has two biologic children who live with them as well as a child from the wifes first marriage. What type of family is evident?

A. Homogeneous

B. Extended

C. Blended

D. Nuclear

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Blended

Question 3 of 5

Parents of a mentally ill teenager say, We have never known anyone who was mentally ill. We have no one to talk to because none of our friends understand the problems we are facing. Select the nurses most helpful intervention.

A. Refer the parents to a support group.

B. Build the parents self-concept as coping parents.

C. Teach the parents techniques of therapeutic communication.

D. Facilitate achievement of normal developmental tasks of the family.

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Refer the parents to a support group.

Question 4 of 5

What are common errors in professional judgement?

A. Seeing differences and commonalities when they're not there

B. Seeing differences and commonalities all the time

C. Never seeing differences and commonalities

D. a) & c)

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Seeing differences and commonalities when they're not there

Question 5 of 5

An example of a cause for neglect at the exosystem level is:

A. Poor communication skills

B. Inadequate support from the child's father

C. Inadequate public funding

D. Neighbourhood drain

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Inadequate public funding

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