One of the Most Important Factors in the Treatment of Children

question 75

Multiple Choice

One of the most important factors in the treatment of children and adolescents is ________

• A) the type of disorder they have.
• B) their intellectual level.
• C) parental willingness to be involved in treatment.
• D) their response to medications.

Promote positive body image among patients and understand challenges faced by individuals with physical alterations or differences.

Utilize appropriate nursing diagnoses for patients experiencing changes in family dynamics, body image, and coping mechanisms.

Recognize and support the self-esteem and personhood of patients in various healthcare settings and situations.

Identify and implement appropriate nursing diagnoses and interventions for patients with mental health conditions.

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Definitions:

Humanistic Theories

Views that people strive to develop their innate potential for goodness and self-actualization; abnormality arises as a result of societal pressures to conform to unchosen dictates that clash with a person’s self-actualization needs and from an inability to satisfy more basic needs, such as hunger.

Moderately Distressed

A mental state or condition in which an individual experiences a mild to moderate level of emotional or psychological discomfort.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that drives people to seek pleasure and avoid pain in order to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

Reality Principle

A concept from psychoanalytic theory referring to the capacity of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, often seen as counter to the pleasure principle.