The nurse is caring for an adolescent who has just started dialysis.The child seems to always be angry,hostile,or depressed.The nurse should recognize that this is most likely related to what issue?
A) Neurological manifestations that occur with dialysis
B) Physiological manifestations of renal disease
C) Adolescents have few coping mechanisms.
D) Adolescents often resent the control and enforced dependence imposed by dialysis.

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Older children and adolescents need control.The necessity of dialysis forces the adolescent into a dependent relationship,which results in these behaviours.Neurological manifestations that occur with dialysis and physiological manifestations of renal disease are a function of the age of the child,they are not manifestations of dialysis.Adolescents do have coping mechanisms,but they need to have some control over their disease management.

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