Question

A school nurse identifies an adolescent at risk for smoking due to peer pressure. What nursing interventions would be appropriate? Select all that apply.

Select all that apply

Discuss alternatives to smoking.

Punish the peer group influencing the adolescent.

Mention immediate physiological consequences.

Suggest effective arguments to deal with peer pressure.

Recommend that the adolescent transfer to a different school.

Answer 1

Adolescence is a phase in which the perosn undergoes a great deal of emotional turmoil.So its relatively common for the adolescents to go down the wrong track because of peer pressure. So the measures which sould be taken are

Alternatives to smoking should be discussed like engaging in playing or any other extracurricular activities so that he/she doesn't feel the need for smoking.

Punishing the peer group is not a nursing intervention and it's also not advisable.Rather the peer group should be educated too about the ill effects of smoking.

Immediate physiological consequences should also be mentioned.

Effective arguments should also be suggested to deal with the peer pressure.

Changing the institution doesn't help the cause because peer pressure is an universal phenomenon, so instead the adolescent should be taught to deal with the peer pressure effectively.

So answer is A,C and D.