NURS 4331 EXAM 3 REVIEW COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
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A nurse is teaching an adolescent about Tanner stages. Which statement
best describes Tanner staging?
a. Predictable stages of puberty that are based on chronological age
b. Staging of puberty based on the initiation of menarche and nocturnal
emissions
c. Predictable stages of puberty that are based on primary and secondary
sexual characteristics
d. Staging of puberty based on the initiation of primary sexual
characteristics Ans✓✓✓c. Predictable stages of puberty that are based
on primary and secondary sexual characteristics
Which behavior suggests appropriate psychosocial development in the
adolescent?
a. The adolescent seeks validation for socially acceptable behavior from
older adults.
b. The adolescent is self-absorbed and self-centered and has sudden
mood swings.
c. Adolescents move from peers and enjoy spending time with family
members.
d. Conformity with the peer group increases in late adolescence.
Ans✓✓✓b. The adolescent is self-absorbed and self-centered and has
sudden mood swings.
,The parents of a 14-year-old girl are concerned that their adolescent
spends too much time looking in the mirror. Which statement is the most
appropriate for the nurse to make?
a. Your teenager needs clearer and stricter limits about her behavior.
b. Your teenager needs more responsibility at home.
c. During adolescence, this behavior is not unusual.
d. The behavior is abnormal and needs further investigation. Ans✓✓✓c.
During adolescence, this behavior is not unusual.
Which factor contributes to early adolescents engaging in risk-taking
behaviors?
a. Peer pressure
b. A desire to master their environment
c. Engagement in the process of separation from their parents
d. A belief that they are invulnerable Ans✓✓✓d. A belief that they are
invulnerable
Which statement is the most appropriate advice to give parents of a 16-
year-old teenager who is rebellious?
a. You need to be stricter so that your teenager feels more secure.
b. You need to allow your teenager to make realistic choices while using
consistent and structured discipline.
c. Increasing your teens involvement with his peers will improve his
self-esteem.
,d. Allow your teenager to choose the type of discipline that is used in
your home. Ans✓✓✓b. You need to allow your teenager to make
realistic choices while using consistent and structured discipline.
Which statement by the nurse is most appropriate to a 15-year-old
adolescent whose friend has mentioned suicide?
a. Tell your friend to come to the clinic immediately.
b. You need to gather details about your friends suicide plan.
c. Your friends threat needs to be taken seriously and immediate help for
your friend is important.
d. If your friend mentions suicide a second time, you will want to get
your friend some help. Ans✓✓✓c. Your friends threat needs to be taken
seriously and immediate help for your friend is important.
When planning care for adolescents, the nurse should:
a. teach parents first, and they, in turn, will teach the teenager.
b. provide information for their long-term health needs because
teenagers respond best to long-range planning.
c. maintain the parents role by providing explanations for treatment and
procedures to the parents only.
d. give information privately to adolescents about how they can manage
the specific problems that they identify. Ans✓✓✓d. give information
privately to adolescents about how they can manage the specific
problems that they identify.
, A 17-year-old adolescent tells the nurse that he is not having sex
because it would make his parents very angry. This response indicates
that the adolescent has a developmental lag in which area?
a. Cognitive development
b. Moral development
c. Psychosocial development
d. Psychosexual development Ans✓✓✓b. Moral development
The best response a nurse can make to a 15-year-old girl who has
verbalized a desire to have a baby is:
a. Have you talked with your parents about this?
b. Do you have plans to continue school?
c. Will you be able to support the baby?
d. Can you tell me how your life will change if you have an infant?
Ans✓✓✓d. Can you tell me how your life will change if you have an
infant?
A nurse is teaching adolescent boys about pubertal changes. Which is
the first sign of pubertal change seen with boys?
a. Testicular enlargement
b. Facial hair
c. Scrotal enlargement
d. Voice deepens Ans✓✓✓a. Testicular enlargement
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW EXAM ALREADY
GRADED A+ PASS
A nurse is teaching an adolescent about Tanner stages. Which statement
best describes Tanner staging?
a. Predictable stages of puberty that are based on chronological age
b. Staging of puberty based on the initiation of menarche and nocturnal
emissions
c. Predictable stages of puberty that are based on primary and secondary
sexual characteristics
d. Staging of puberty based on the initiation of primary sexual
characteristics Ans✓✓✓c. Predictable stages of puberty that are based
on primary and secondary sexual characteristics
Which behavior suggests appropriate psychosocial development in the
adolescent?
a. The adolescent seeks validation for socially acceptable behavior from
older adults.
b. The adolescent is self-absorbed and self-centered and has sudden
mood swings.
c. Adolescents move from peers and enjoy spending time with family
members.
d. Conformity with the peer group increases in late adolescence.
Ans✓✓✓b. The adolescent is self-absorbed and self-centered and has
sudden mood swings.
,The parents of a 14-year-old girl are concerned that their adolescent
spends too much time looking in the mirror. Which statement is the most
appropriate for the nurse to make?
a. Your teenager needs clearer and stricter limits about her behavior.
b. Your teenager needs more responsibility at home.
c. During adolescence, this behavior is not unusual.
d. The behavior is abnormal and needs further investigation. Ans✓✓✓c.
During adolescence, this behavior is not unusual.
Which factor contributes to early adolescents engaging in risk-taking
behaviors?
a. Peer pressure
b. A desire to master their environment
c. Engagement in the process of separation from their parents
d. A belief that they are invulnerable Ans✓✓✓d. A belief that they are
invulnerable
Which statement is the most appropriate advice to give parents of a 16-
year-old teenager who is rebellious?
a. You need to be stricter so that your teenager feels more secure.
b. You need to allow your teenager to make realistic choices while using
consistent and structured discipline.
c. Increasing your teens involvement with his peers will improve his
self-esteem.
,d. Allow your teenager to choose the type of discipline that is used in
your home. Ans✓✓✓b. You need to allow your teenager to make
realistic choices while using consistent and structured discipline.
Which statement by the nurse is most appropriate to a 15-year-old
adolescent whose friend has mentioned suicide?
a. Tell your friend to come to the clinic immediately.
b. You need to gather details about your friends suicide plan.
c. Your friends threat needs to be taken seriously and immediate help for
your friend is important.
d. If your friend mentions suicide a second time, you will want to get
your friend some help. Ans✓✓✓c. Your friends threat needs to be taken
seriously and immediate help for your friend is important.
When planning care for adolescents, the nurse should:
a. teach parents first, and they, in turn, will teach the teenager.
b. provide information for their long-term health needs because
teenagers respond best to long-range planning.
c. maintain the parents role by providing explanations for treatment and
procedures to the parents only.
d. give information privately to adolescents about how they can manage
the specific problems that they identify. Ans✓✓✓d. give information
privately to adolescents about how they can manage the specific
problems that they identify.
, A 17-year-old adolescent tells the nurse that he is not having sex
because it would make his parents very angry. This response indicates
that the adolescent has a developmental lag in which area?
a. Cognitive development
b. Moral development
c. Psychosocial development
d. Psychosexual development Ans✓✓✓b. Moral development
The best response a nurse can make to a 15-year-old girl who has
verbalized a desire to have a baby is:
a. Have you talked with your parents about this?
b. Do you have plans to continue school?
c. Will you be able to support the baby?
d. Can you tell me how your life will change if you have an infant?
Ans✓✓✓d. Can you tell me how your life will change if you have an
infant?
A nurse is teaching adolescent boys about pubertal changes. Which is
the first sign of pubertal change seen with boys?
a. Testicular enlargement
b. Facial hair
c. Scrotal enlargement
d. Voice deepens Ans✓✓✓a. Testicular enlargement
