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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Category - Pediatrics

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Building confidence in one’s worth is important for an adolescent patient who is scheduled for an amputation because it:
  1. Alters a person’s sexuality
  2. Implies a lack of wholeness
  3. Increases dependency needs
  4. Affects an idealized self-image
Explanation
Answer - D - Building confidence in one’s worth is important for an adolescent patient who is scheduled for an amputation because it affects an idealized self-image. The loss of a limb or a body part affects the idealized self-image because it is difficult to deny the body has not been altered.
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