Adolescent Risk Behavior Counseling - NCLEX-RN
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What is the most appropriate initial question to assess suicide risk directly?
What is the most appropriate initial question to assess suicide risk directly?
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“Are you thinking about hurting or killing yourself?”. Direct, clear questioning is recommended to accurately identify and assess suicide risk without leading or ambiguity.
“Are you thinking about hurting or killing yourself?”. Direct, clear questioning is recommended to accurately identify and assess suicide risk without leading or ambiguity.
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Which response is most appropriate when an adolescent discloses physical abuse at home?
Which response is most appropriate when an adolescent discloses physical abuse at home?
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Ensure immediate safety and report to child protective services. Immediate safety measures and mandatory reporting are required to protect minors from ongoing abuse per legal standards.
Ensure immediate safety and report to child protective services. Immediate safety measures and mandatory reporting are required to protect minors from ongoing abuse per legal standards.
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Which single injury-prevention counseling point is most evidence-based for adolescents in cars?
Which single injury-prevention counseling point is most evidence-based for adolescents in cars?
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Always use seat belts; never ride with an impaired driver. These behaviors are supported by evidence to significantly decrease injury and mortality in adolescent motor vehicle incidents.
Always use seat belts; never ride with an impaired driver. These behaviors are supported by evidence to significantly decrease injury and mortality in adolescent motor vehicle incidents.
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Which question best screens for impaired driving risk in an adolescent?
Which question best screens for impaired driving risk in an adolescent?
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“Have you ridden with a driver who was drinking or using drugs?”. This screening identifies high-risk behaviors associated with motor vehicle accidents, a leading cause of adolescent injury.
“Have you ridden with a driver who was drinking or using drugs?”. This screening identifies high-risk behaviors associated with motor vehicle accidents, a leading cause of adolescent injury.
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Which counseling point best addresses vaping in adolescents using nicotine products?
Which counseling point best addresses vaping in adolescents using nicotine products?
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Vaping delivers addictive nicotine and harms lungs; support cessation plan. Highlighting vaping risks educates on addiction and health harms, guiding toward evidence-based cessation strategies.
Vaping delivers addictive nicotine and harms lungs; support cessation plan. Highlighting vaping risks educates on addiction and health harms, guiding toward evidence-based cessation strategies.
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What is the priority harm-reduction counseling for adolescents who use opioids?
What is the priority harm-reduction counseling for adolescents who use opioids?
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Naloxone access and education; avoid using alone; call emergency help. These harm-reduction measures aim to prevent fatal overdoses by enabling reversal and prompt medical response.
Naloxone access and education; avoid using alone; call emergency help. These harm-reduction measures aim to prevent fatal overdoses by enabling reversal and prompt medical response.
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Which substance use pattern suggests a substance use disorder rather than experimentation?
Which substance use pattern suggests a substance use disorder rather than experimentation?
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Continued use despite harm or inability to cut down. Persistent use despite consequences indicates a disorder, per diagnostic criteria like DSM-5, beyond typical experimentation.
Continued use despite harm or inability to cut down. Persistent use despite consequences indicates a disorder, per diagnostic criteria like DSM-5, beyond typical experimentation.
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Which action is most appropriate when an adolescent requests STI testing without a parent present?
Which action is most appropriate when an adolescent requests STI testing without a parent present?
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Provide confidential testing per policy and state law; explain limits. Adhering to confidentiality policies encourages care-seeking while ensuring legal compliance and transparency.
Provide confidential testing per policy and state law; explain limits. Adhering to confidentiality policies encourages care-seeking while ensuring legal compliance and transparency.
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What is the priority counseling point for any adolescent using combined hormonal contraception?
What is the priority counseling point for any adolescent using combined hormonal contraception?
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It does not protect against STIs; condoms are still needed. Hormonal methods prevent pregnancy but not infections, requiring dual protection for comprehensive sexual health.
It does not protect against STIs; condoms are still needed. Hormonal methods prevent pregnancy but not infections, requiring dual protection for comprehensive sexual health.
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Which contraceptive option is most effective and recommended as first-line for adolescents?
Which contraceptive option is most effective and recommended as first-line for adolescents?
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Long-acting reversible contraception (IUD or implant). LARC methods provide high efficacy with low user dependency, making them ideal for preventing unintended pregnancies in teens.
Long-acting reversible contraception (IUD or implant). LARC methods provide high efficacy with low user dependency, making them ideal for preventing unintended pregnancies in teens.
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Which question most directly screens for sexual coercion or exploitation?
Which question most directly screens for sexual coercion or exploitation?
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“Has anyone pressured or forced you to do sexual things?”. Direct screening questions are essential to identify and address potential sexual violence or coercion in adolescents.
“Has anyone pressured or forced you to do sexual things?”. Direct screening questions are essential to identify and address potential sexual violence or coercion in adolescents.
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Which counseling message best supports STI prevention for a sexually active adolescent?
Which counseling message best supports STI prevention for a sexually active adolescent?
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Consistent condom use plus routine STI screening. This combination effectively reduces STI transmission risk through barrier protection and early detection.
Consistent condom use plus routine STI screening. This combination effectively reduces STI transmission risk through barrier protection and early detection.
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Which interviewing technique most improves disclosure of adolescent risk behaviors?
Which interviewing technique most improves disclosure of adolescent risk behaviors?
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Nonjudgmental, developmentally appropriate, open-ended questions. This approach fosters trust and rapport, encouraging adolescents to disclose sensitive information without fear of criticism.
Nonjudgmental, developmentally appropriate, open-ended questions. This approach fosters trust and rapport, encouraging adolescents to disclose sensitive information without fear of criticism.
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What is the key goal of motivational interviewing in adolescent risk behavior counseling?
What is the key goal of motivational interviewing in adolescent risk behavior counseling?
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Elicit intrinsic motivation and readiness to change. Motivational interviewing aims to enhance the adolescent's internal drive and commitment to modifying risky behaviors.
Elicit intrinsic motivation and readiness to change. Motivational interviewing aims to enhance the adolescent's internal drive and commitment to modifying risky behaviors.
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What is the first step when starting a confidential adolescent risk behavior interview?
What is the first step when starting a confidential adolescent risk behavior interview?
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Explain confidentiality and its limits before sensitive questions. Clarifying confidentiality at the start builds trust and encourages open disclosure of sensitive risk behaviors in adolescents.
Explain confidentiality and its limits before sensitive questions. Clarifying confidentiality at the start builds trust and encourages open disclosure of sensitive risk behaviors in adolescents.
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What does the HEEADSSS psychosocial interview acronym stand for in adolescent assessment?
What does the HEEADSSS psychosocial interview acronym stand for in adolescent assessment?
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Home, Education, Eating, Activities, Drugs, Sexuality, Suicide, Safety. The HEEADSSS acronym provides a structured framework to comprehensively assess psychosocial factors influencing adolescent health and risk behaviors.
Home, Education, Eating, Activities, Drugs, Sexuality, Suicide, Safety. The HEEADSSS acronym provides a structured framework to comprehensively assess psychosocial factors influencing adolescent health and risk behaviors.
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Which motivational interviewing communication style should the nurse use: directing, confronting, or guiding?
Which motivational interviewing communication style should the nurse use: directing, confronting, or guiding?
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Guiding. A guiding style supports autonomy and collaboration, facilitating exploration of ambivalence toward behavior change.
Guiding. A guiding style supports autonomy and collaboration, facilitating exploration of ambivalence toward behavior change.
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Which specific safety counseling is highest priority for a suicidal adolescent at home?
Which specific safety counseling is highest priority for a suicidal adolescent at home?
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Lethal means restriction (lock/remove firearms and medications). Restricting access to lethal means is a proven strategy to reduce suicide completion rates in at-risk individuals.
Lethal means restriction (lock/remove firearms and medications). Restricting access to lethal means is a proven strategy to reduce suicide completion rates in at-risk individuals.
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What does the SBIRT framework stand for in substance use screening and intervention?
What does the SBIRT framework stand for in substance use screening and intervention?
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Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment. SBIRT is an evidence-based model for early identification and intervention in substance use to prevent escalation.
Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment. SBIRT is an evidence-based model for early identification and intervention in substance use to prevent escalation.
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Which response best reflects trauma-informed care during adolescent risk counseling?
Which response best reflects trauma-informed care during adolescent risk counseling?
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Promote safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, empowerment. These principles create a supportive environment that minimizes re-traumatization and promotes healing in vulnerable adolescents.
Promote safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, empowerment. These principles create a supportive environment that minimizes re-traumatization and promotes healing in vulnerable adolescents.
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What is the priority nursing action if an adolescent reports current suicidal intent with a plan?
What is the priority nursing action if an adolescent reports current suicidal intent with a plan?
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Maintain constant safety supervision and initiate emergency evaluation. Immediate supervision and evaluation are essential to mitigate acute suicide risk and ensure safety.
Maintain constant safety supervision and initiate emergency evaluation. Immediate supervision and evaluation are essential to mitigate acute suicide risk and ensure safety.
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Which finding requires immediate escalation: passive death wish or suicidal plan with access to means?
Which finding requires immediate escalation: passive death wish or suicidal plan with access to means?
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Suicidal plan with access to means. A specific plan with means access indicates high imminent risk, necessitating urgent intervention over passive ideation.
Suicidal plan with access to means. A specific plan with means access indicates high imminent risk, necessitating urgent intervention over passive ideation.
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Which situations are standard mandatory exceptions to adolescent confidentiality in counseling?
Which situations are standard mandatory exceptions to adolescent confidentiality in counseling?
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Abuse/neglect, imminent self-harm, imminent harm to others. These exceptions prioritize safety and legal obligations, requiring breach of confidentiality to prevent harm or fulfill mandatory reporting.
Abuse/neglect, imminent self-harm, imminent harm to others. These exceptions prioritize safety and legal obligations, requiring breach of confidentiality to prevent harm or fulfill mandatory reporting.
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Which counseling focus is most appropriate when an adolescent reports cyberbullying and distress?
Which counseling focus is most appropriate when an adolescent reports cyberbullying and distress?
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Assess safety and suicidality; document; involve supports and reporting. This approach addresses mental health impacts, ensures thorough documentation, and activates protective resources.
Assess safety and suicidality; document; involve supports and reporting. This approach addresses mental health impacts, ensures thorough documentation, and activates protective resources.
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