When planning care for adolescents,the nurse should:

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Problems that teenagers identify and are interested in are typically the problems that they are the most willing to address.Confidentiality is important to adolescents.Adolescents prefer to confer privately (without parents)with the nurse and health care provider.Teenagers are socially and cognitively at the developmental stage where the health care provider can teach them.The nurse must keep in mind that teenagers are more interested in immediate health care needs than in long-term needs.

When Planning Care for Adolescents,the Nurse Should