CONCEPT 01: DEVELOPMENT GIDDENS: CONCEPTS FOR
NURSING PRACTICE, 3RD EDITION QUESTIONS WITH
SOLVED ANSWERS SOLUTIONS LATTEST UPDATE
2025/2026 GRADEA+
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized the purpose of
the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is used to assess for needs
related to
a. anticipatory guidance.
b. low-risk adolescents.
c. physical development.
d. sexual development.
ANS: A
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which assesses home,
education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying high-risk adolescents and the
need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical
development is assessed with anthropometric data. Sexual development is assessed using physical
examination
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, the expected
stage of development for a preschooler is
a. concrete operational.
b. formal operational.
, c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3-4 years old) is pre-operational. Concrete
operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7-11 years old). Formal operational describes
the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of
thinking from birth to 2 years old.
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth and
development would best describe growth as
a. processes by which early cells specialize.
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes.
c. qualitative changes associated with aging.
d. quantitative changes in size or weight.
ANS D:
Growth is a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results in an increase in
overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The processes by which early cells specialize are
referred to as differentiation. Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred to as development.
Qualitative changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
4. The most appropriate response of the nurse when a mother asks what the Denver II does is that it
a. can diagnose developmental disabilities.
b. identifies a need for physical therapy.
c. is a developmental screening tool.
d. provides a framework for health teaching.
NURSING PRACTICE, 3RD EDITION QUESTIONS WITH
SOLVED ANSWERS SOLUTIONS LATTEST UPDATE
2025/2026 GRADEA+
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized the purpose of
the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is used to assess for needs
related to
a. anticipatory guidance.
b. low-risk adolescents.
c. physical development.
d. sexual development.
ANS: A
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which assesses home,
education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying high-risk adolescents and the
need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical
development is assessed with anthropometric data. Sexual development is assessed using physical
examination
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, the expected
stage of development for a preschooler is
a. concrete operational.
b. formal operational.
, c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3-4 years old) is pre-operational. Concrete
operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7-11 years old). Formal operational describes
the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of
thinking from birth to 2 years old.
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth and
development would best describe growth as
a. processes by which early cells specialize.
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes.
c. qualitative changes associated with aging.
d. quantitative changes in size or weight.
ANS D:
Growth is a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results in an increase in
overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The processes by which early cells specialize are
referred to as differentiation. Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred to as development.
Qualitative changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
4. The most appropriate response of the nurse when a mother asks what the Denver II does is that it
a. can diagnose developmental disabilities.
b. identifies a need for physical therapy.
c. is a developmental screening tool.
d. provides a framework for health teaching.
