As the school health nurse, one of your students is an 11-year-old boy with a diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disor
der (ADHD). Recently, he has been experiencing behavioral difficulties in class and an increase in his anxiety. His family structure consists of a same-sex couple, whom he refers to as Ma and Mamasan, and minimal extended family. There is a known history of substance abuse in Mamasan. When you meet with the student today, he appears disheveled, is dressed in visibly soiled clothes, has lost a significant amount of weight and appears extremely thin, and smells of marijuana. You know from speaking to his teachers that he has been caught smoking outside before school starts for the day with several other boys known to use marijuana. You recall that children of substance abusers may inherit a predisposition to alcoholism and substance abuse. a. Given the student’s presentation, how will you proceed from here? What is your planned intervention?
Show the student what doing extra curricular activities like this will lead to
Explanation:
I have multiple buddies who smoke weed and they ironically are some of the most wound tight people I know, show the student that in reality substance abuse gets you nowhere and show them that they will just end up in a worse place than their parent.
