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Advanced Practice Nursing: Essentials For Role
Development Essentials For Role Development
By Lucille A. Joel
5th edition
1|P age
,Chapter 1 . Advanced practice nursing: doing what has to be done-radicals, renegades, and
rebels
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.
Ref: 6 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
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 to 4 years old) is preoperational. Concrete
operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7 to 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.
Ref: 5 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
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.
2|P age
,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.
Ref: 2 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
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.
ANS: c
The denver ii is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used by health care
professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not provide a diagnosis. Diagnosis requires a
thorough neurodevelopment history and physical examination. Developmental delay, which is suggested
by screening, is a symptom, not a diagnosis. The need for any therapy would be identified with a
comprehensive evaluation, not a screening tool. Some providers use the denver ii as a framework for
teaching about expected development, but this is not the primary purpose of the tool.
Ref: 4 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
5. To plan early intervention and care for an infant with down syndrome, the nurse considers knowledge
of other physical development exemplars such as
a. Cerebral palsy.
b. Failure to thrive.
c. Fetal alcohol syndrome.
d. Hydrocephaly
. ANS: d
Hydrocephaly is also a physical development exemplar. Cerebral palsy is an exemplar of adaptive
developmental delay. Failure to thrive is an exemplar of social/emotional developmental delay.
3|P age
, Fetal alcohol syndrome is an exemplar of cognitive developmental delay.
Ref: 9 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
6. To plan early intervention and care for a child with a developmental delay, the nurse would consider
knowledge of the concepts most significantly impacted by development, including
a. Culture.
b. Environment.
c. Functional status.
d. Nutrition
.
ANS: c
Function is one of the concepts most significantly impacted by development. Others include sensory-
perceptual, cognition, mobility, reproduction, and sexuality. Knowledge of these concepts can help the
nurse anticipate areas that need to be addressed. Culture is a concept that is considered to significantly
affect development; the difference is the concepts that affect development are those that represent major
influencing factors (causes), hence determination of development and would be the focus of preventive
interventions. Environment is considered to significantly affect development. Nutrition is considered to
significantly affect development.
Ref: 1 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
7. A mother complains to the nurse at the pediatric clinic that her 4-year-old child always talks to her toys
and makes up stories. The mother wants her child to have a psychologic evaluation. The nurses best initial
response is to
a. Refer the child to a psychologist.
b. Explain that playing make believe with dolls and people is normal at this age.
c. Complete a developmental screening.
d. Separate the child from the mother to get more information.
ANS: b
By the end of the fourth year, it is expected that a child will engage in fantasy, so this is normal at this
age. A referral to a psychologist would be premature based only on the complaint of the mother.
Completing a developmental screening would be very appropriate but not the initial response. The nurse
would certainly want to get more information, but separating the child from the mother is not necessary at
this time.
Ref: 5 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
4|P age
Advanced Practice Nursing: Essentials For Role
Development Essentials For Role Development
By Lucille A. Joel
5th edition
1|P age
,Chapter 1 . Advanced practice nursing: doing what has to be done-radicals, renegades, and
rebels
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.
Ref: 6 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
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 to 4 years old) is preoperational. Concrete
operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7 to 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.
Ref: 5 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
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.
2|P age
,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.
Ref: 2 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
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.
ANS: c
The denver ii is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used by health care
professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not provide a diagnosis. Diagnosis requires a
thorough neurodevelopment history and physical examination. Developmental delay, which is suggested
by screening, is a symptom, not a diagnosis. The need for any therapy would be identified with a
comprehensive evaluation, not a screening tool. Some providers use the denver ii as a framework for
teaching about expected development, but this is not the primary purpose of the tool.
Ref: 4 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
5. To plan early intervention and care for an infant with down syndrome, the nurse considers knowledge
of other physical development exemplars such as
a. Cerebral palsy.
b. Failure to thrive.
c. Fetal alcohol syndrome.
d. Hydrocephaly
. ANS: d
Hydrocephaly is also a physical development exemplar. Cerebral palsy is an exemplar of adaptive
developmental delay. Failure to thrive is an exemplar of social/emotional developmental delay.
3|P age
, Fetal alcohol syndrome is an exemplar of cognitive developmental delay.
Ref: 9 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
6. To plan early intervention and care for a child with a developmental delay, the nurse would consider
knowledge of the concepts most significantly impacted by development, including
a. Culture.
b. Environment.
c. Functional status.
d. Nutrition
.
ANS: c
Function is one of the concepts most significantly impacted by development. Others include sensory-
perceptual, cognition, mobility, reproduction, and sexuality. Knowledge of these concepts can help the
nurse anticipate areas that need to be addressed. Culture is a concept that is considered to significantly
affect development; the difference is the concepts that affect development are those that represent major
influencing factors (causes), hence determination of development and would be the focus of preventive
interventions. Environment is considered to significantly affect development. Nutrition is considered to
significantly affect development.
Ref: 1 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
7. A mother complains to the nurse at the pediatric clinic that her 4-year-old child always talks to her toys
and makes up stories. The mother wants her child to have a psychologic evaluation. The nurses best initial
response is to
a. Refer the child to a psychologist.
b. Explain that playing make believe with dolls and people is normal at this age.
c. Complete a developmental screening.
d. Separate the child from the mother to get more information.
ANS: b
By the end of the fourth year, it is expected that a child will engage in fantasy, so this is normal at this
age. A referral to a psychologist would be premature based only on the complaint of the mother.
Completing a developmental screening would be very appropriate but not the initial response. The nurse
would certainly want to get more information, but separating the child from the mother is not necessary at
this time.
Ref: 5 obj: nclex client needs category: health promotion and maintenance
4|P age
