The nurse is caring for a 16-year-old adolescent who was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Which teaching method will be most effective in getting the patient to discontinue alcohol use?

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Adolescents are very present oriented, so a program such as losing the driver's license provides immediate results and will usually be carried out well. In contrast, a regimen oriented toward the future, with long-term goals such as effects of alcohol on the liver or leading to other drug use may not be as successful. Scolding is not a teaching method.

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