A Nurse Is Trying to Determine Who Would Be the Most

question 28

Multiple Choice

A nurse is trying to determine who would be the most appropriate person to make a health care decision for an adolescent, the adolescent or the parent. Which of the following considerations will the nurse need to make?

• A) The need for cultural competence
• B) The need for access to care
• C) The need for client autonomy
• D) The need for client privacy and confidentiality

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Definitions:

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed.

Aversive Stimuli

Unpleasant or negative stimuli that an individual seeks to avoid or escape.

Shuttle-Box Situation

An experimental setup in animal learning studies where an animal is trained to avoid an aversive stimulus by moving from one compartment to another.

Aversive Stimuli

Refers to unpleasant or undesirable events or things that cause an individual to avoid them.