Anticipatory Guidance for Positive Youth
Development in Adolescence

Christine Krause MSN, CRNP
Ann O'Sullivan PhD, CPNP, FAAN
Susan Terwilliger MS, RNCS, PNP
Nicole Nierstedt BSN Student

Expiration Date: December 31, 2008. No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.



Abstract & Objectives

Abstract

The American Nurses Foundation of the American Nurses Association works with a federally funded program entitled, Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health (PIPPAH). These partners are working to improve the health status of America's adolescents. Health care providers are key to helping parents and other caring adults understand the needs of children as they transition into adolescence. Nurses, numbering 2.6 million, comprise the largest group of health care professionals in the United States.

The purpose of this module is to increase nurses' knowledge of anticipatory guidance for positive youth development in adolescence. Ultimately, by sharing this important information with families, nurses help teens reduce high-risk behaviors and promote health during adolescence.

Key Words: Adolescent Health; Parents; Transition from Childhood to Adolescence: Nurses; Positive Youth Development; Anticipatory Guidance; Reduction of High Risk Behaviors; Teen

Objectives

By the end of this module, the nurse will be able to:

  1. Describe how to guide parents in the development of protective life skills in their adolescents.
  2. Identify a crucial age period for providing anticipatory guidance to promote positive youth development in adolescence.
  3. Describe the diversity of youth in America today.
  4. List three critical social frameworks for promoting positive youth development in adolescence.
  5. Define positive youth development.
  6. Name three areas crucial to the parent-child relationship during pre-adolescence.
  7. List four tips which parents can use to better understand their adolescent.
  8. Discuss the preteens role in establishing and maintaining good "rules of conduct".
  9. Describe five strategies for encouraging school success.
  10. Identify two community activities that provide constructive use of time for adolescents.

 


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