title: Body piercing: promoting informed decision making.
abstract: Although school nurses may be unfamiliar with adolescent body piercing, they are in a key position to assist students who are considering these procedures. Information about various types of body piercing, student experiences, and teaching strategies to talk with adolescents about this procedure are presented. Nurses can utilize the data to help students make informed decisions about body piercing.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ekmark
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001504:Beauty; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012573:School Nursing; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing*