NR 222 EXAM 2 PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ the nurse teaches parents how to have their children learn
impulse control and cooperative behaviors. this would be during
which of erickson's stages of development?
a) trust versus mistrust
b) initiative versus guilt
c) industry versus inferiority
d) autonomy versus sense of shame and doubt. Answer: b) initiative
versus guilt
◉ when preparing a 4-year-old child for a procedure, which method
is developmentally most appropriate for the nurse to use?
a) allowing the child to watch another child undergoing the same
procedure
b) showing the child pictures of what he or she will experience
c) talking to the child in simple terms about what will happened
,d) preparing the child through play with a doll and toy medical
equipment. Answer: d) preparing the child through play with a doll
and toy medical equipment
◉ a 35-year-old woman is speaking with you about her recent
diagnosis of a chronic illness. she is concerned about her treatment
options in relation to her ability to continue to care for her family. as
she considers the options and alternatives, she incorporates
information, her values, and emotions to decide which plan will be
the best fit for her. she is using which form of cognitive
development?
a) conventional reasoning
b) formal operations
c) integrity versus despair
d) postformal thought. Answer: d) postformal thought
◉ you are coming for a recently retired man who appears
withdrawn and says he is "bored with life." applying the work of
havinghurst, you would help this individual find meaning in life by:
a) encouraging him to explore new roles
b) encouraging relocation to a new city
c) explaining the need to simplify life
,d) encouraging him to adopt a new pet. Answer: a) encouraging him
to explore new roles
◉ place the following stages of freud's psychosexual development in
the proper order by age progression
a) oedipal
b) latency
c) oral
d) genital
e) anal. Answer: c) oral
e) anal
b) latency
a) oedipal
d) genital
◉ according to piaget's cognitive theory, a 12-year-old child is most
likely to engage in which of the following activities
a) using building blocks to determine how houses are constructed
b) writing a story about a clown who wants to leave the circus
c) drawing pictures of a family using stick figures
, d) writing an essay about patriotism. Answer: b) writing a story
about a clown who wants to leave the circus
◉ allison, age 15 years, calls her best friend laura and is crying. she
has a date with john, someone she has been hoping to date for
months, but now she has a pimple on her forehead. laura firmly
believes that john and everyone else will notice the blemish right
away. this is an example of the:
a) imaginary audience
b) false-belief syndrome
c) personal fable
d) personal absorption syndrome. Answer: a) imaginary audience
◉ Elizabeth, who is having unprotected sex with her boyfriend,
comments to her friends, "Did you hear about Kathy? You know, she
fools around so much; I heard she was pregnant. That would never
happen to me!" This is an example of adolescent:
A) Imaginary audience.
B) False-belief syndrome.
C) Personal fable.
D) Sense of invulnerability. Answer: D) Sense of invulnerability
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ the nurse teaches parents how to have their children learn
impulse control and cooperative behaviors. this would be during
which of erickson's stages of development?
a) trust versus mistrust
b) initiative versus guilt
c) industry versus inferiority
d) autonomy versus sense of shame and doubt. Answer: b) initiative
versus guilt
◉ when preparing a 4-year-old child for a procedure, which method
is developmentally most appropriate for the nurse to use?
a) allowing the child to watch another child undergoing the same
procedure
b) showing the child pictures of what he or she will experience
c) talking to the child in simple terms about what will happened
,d) preparing the child through play with a doll and toy medical
equipment. Answer: d) preparing the child through play with a doll
and toy medical equipment
◉ a 35-year-old woman is speaking with you about her recent
diagnosis of a chronic illness. she is concerned about her treatment
options in relation to her ability to continue to care for her family. as
she considers the options and alternatives, she incorporates
information, her values, and emotions to decide which plan will be
the best fit for her. she is using which form of cognitive
development?
a) conventional reasoning
b) formal operations
c) integrity versus despair
d) postformal thought. Answer: d) postformal thought
◉ you are coming for a recently retired man who appears
withdrawn and says he is "bored with life." applying the work of
havinghurst, you would help this individual find meaning in life by:
a) encouraging him to explore new roles
b) encouraging relocation to a new city
c) explaining the need to simplify life
,d) encouraging him to adopt a new pet. Answer: a) encouraging him
to explore new roles
◉ place the following stages of freud's psychosexual development in
the proper order by age progression
a) oedipal
b) latency
c) oral
d) genital
e) anal. Answer: c) oral
e) anal
b) latency
a) oedipal
d) genital
◉ according to piaget's cognitive theory, a 12-year-old child is most
likely to engage in which of the following activities
a) using building blocks to determine how houses are constructed
b) writing a story about a clown who wants to leave the circus
c) drawing pictures of a family using stick figures
, d) writing an essay about patriotism. Answer: b) writing a story
about a clown who wants to leave the circus
◉ allison, age 15 years, calls her best friend laura and is crying. she
has a date with john, someone she has been hoping to date for
months, but now she has a pimple on her forehead. laura firmly
believes that john and everyone else will notice the blemish right
away. this is an example of the:
a) imaginary audience
b) false-belief syndrome
c) personal fable
d) personal absorption syndrome. Answer: a) imaginary audience
◉ Elizabeth, who is having unprotected sex with her boyfriend,
comments to her friends, "Did you hear about Kathy? You know, she
fools around so much; I heard she was pregnant. That would never
happen to me!" This is an example of adolescent:
A) Imaginary audience.
B) False-belief syndrome.
C) Personal fable.
D) Sense of invulnerability. Answer: D) Sense of invulnerability
