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This 6 page paper describes the way in which RNs can educate teens about sexually transmitted diseases, and why a nurse, rather than another medical professional, is the person to do so. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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in educating teens about STDs and HIV; it suggests that such education can be accomplished using some of Albert Banduras theories on learning. Discussion Psychologist Albert Bandura is probably most
famous for his "Bobo doll" experiments, in which he was able to show that children will copy ("model") behavior even if they have only seen it once. In brief, the
experiment was this: Bandura had children watch a video in which a model pummeled a "Bobo doll" (one of those inflatable plastic dolls weighted on the bottom so it pops
back up when knocked down) (Isom, 1998). After watching the video, they were led to a room where there were "beautiful dolls" but told they couldnt touch them; then they
were led to a room where there was a Bobo doll (Isom, 1998). The children attacked the doll in the same manner they had seen on the video (Isom, 1998).
This led Bandura to his theory of social learning; today it is usually called "social cognitive theory" and it can be used to approach adolescents with regard to their behavior.
In brief, this theory gives a "central role to cognitive, vicarious, self-regulatory and self-reflective processes in human adaptation and change" (Pajares, 2004). The theory is "rooted in an agentic
perspective," meaning that humans are the agents of change in their lives (Pajares, 2004). People, from this perspective, are not merely organisms "shaped and shepherded by environmental forces or driven
by concealed inner impulses," they are proactive, self-regulating, capable of self-organization, and reflective (Pajares, 2004). In other words, peoples outcomes largely depend on their own actions. It is this thinking
that an RN could use to work with teens who are at risk for transmission of STDs, HIV and other illnesses. One of the most intriguing and perhaps shocking articles
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