Assessment items Item 3

Which of the following statements is true regarding teens and risky behaviors?

Teens often do risky things because they think nothing will happen to them.

Teens that hang out with other people who do risky behaviors are more likely to do risky behaviors themselves

Neither a nor b is true.

Both a and b are true.

answer: b. complete secondary assessment (detailed physical exam).

after you finished the primary assessment, you must proceed with the assessment by performing a complete detailed physical examination.

this secondary assessment includes a focused on patient’s history, vital signs and a specific and rapid examination of the entire body especially on the injuries acquired from the motor vehicle accident and the patient’s medical complaint.