,
,
, Concept 01: Development
Giddens: Conceptsfor Nursing Practice, 4thEdition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse
recognized thepurpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the
new nurse responds th
at it is used to review 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 whi c h reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and
suicide for the purpose of identif yi ng high-
risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to
identify high- risk,not low-
risk, adolescents. Physical development is reviewed with
anthropometric data. Sex ual development is reviewed using physical
examination.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that,
according to Piaget, theexpected 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 y ears of age. Sensorimotordescribes the earliest pattern of
thinking from birth to 2 years ol
d.
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.
,
, Concept 01: Development
Giddens: Conceptsfor Nursing Practice, 4thEdition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse
recognized thepurpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the
new nurse responds th
at it is used to review 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 whi c h reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and
suicide for the purpose of identif yi ng high-
risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to
identify high- risk,not low-
risk, adolescents. Physical development is reviewed with
anthropometric data. Sex ual development is reviewed using physical
examination.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that,
according to Piaget, theexpected 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 y ears of age. Sensorimotordescribes the earliest pattern of
thinking from birth to 2 years ol
d.
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.
