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Concept 01: Development
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Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE h1
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse
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recognized the purpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new
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nurse responds that it is used to review for needs related to
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a. anticipatory guidance. h1
b. low-risk adolescents. h1
c. physical development. h1
d. sexual development. h1
ANS: A
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool
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which reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose
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of identifying high-risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is
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used to identify high-risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical development is
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reviewed with anthropometric data.
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Sexual development is reviewed using physical examination.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to
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Piaget, the expected stage of development for a preschooler is
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a. concrete operational. h1
b. formal operational. h1
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3–4 years old) is pre-
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operational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age
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child (7–11 years old).
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Formal operational describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of
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age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to
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2 years old.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between
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growth and development would best describe growth as
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a. processes by which early cells specialize. h1 h1 h1 h1 h1
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. h1 h1 h1
c. qualitative changes associated with aging. h1 h1 h1 h1
d. quantitative changes in size or h1 h1 h1 h1
weight. ANS:
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Growth is a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and
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h1size results in an increase in overall size or weight of the body or any of
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h1its parts. The processes by which early cells specialize are referred to as
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differentiation. Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred to as development.
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Qualitative changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
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4. The most appropriate response of the nurse when a mother asks what the Denver II
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does is that it
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a. can diagnose developmental disabilities.
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b. identifies a need for physical therapy. h1 h1 h1 h1 h1
c. is a developmental screening tool.
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d. provides a framework for health teaching. h1 h1 h1 h1 h1
ANS: C
The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used
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by healthcare professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not
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provide a diagnosis. Diagnosis requires a thorough neurodevelopment history and
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physical examination.
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Developmental delay, which is suggested by screening, is a symptom, not a
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diagnosis. The need for any therapy would be identified with a comprehensive
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evaluation, not a screening tool. Some providers use the Denver II as a
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framework for teaching about expected development, but this is not the
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primary purpose of the tool.
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5. To plan early intervention a n Nd U
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considers knowledge of other physical development exemplars such as
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a. cerebral palsy. h1
b. failure to thrive. h1 h1
c. fetal alcohol syndrome. h1 h1
d. hydrocephaly.
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Hydrocephaly is also a physical development exemplar. Cerebral palsy is an exemplar
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of adaptive developmental delay. Failure to thrive is an exemplar of social/emotional
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developmental delay. Fetal alcohol syndrome is an exemplar of cognitive
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developmental delay.
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6. To plan early intervention and care for a child with a developmental delay, the
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nurse would consider knowledge of the concepts most significantly impacted by
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development, including
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a. culture.
b. environment.
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d. nutrition.
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Function is one of the concepts most significantly impacted by development. Others
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include sensory-perceptual, cognition, mobility, reproduction, and sexuality.
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Knowledge of these concepts can help the nurse anticipate areas that need to
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be addressed. Culture is a concept that is considered to significantly affect
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development; the difference is the concepts that affect development are those that
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represent major influencing factors (causes); hence determination of development
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would be the focus of preventive interventions. Environment is considered to
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significantly affect development. Nutrition is considered to significantly affect
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development.
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7. A mother complains to the nurse at the pediatric clinic that her 4-year-old child
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always talks to her toys and makes up stories. The mother wants her child
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to have a psychological evaluation. The nurse‘s best initial response is to
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a. refer the child to a psychologist immediately.
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b. explain that playing make believe is normal at this age.
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c. complete a developmental screening using a validated tool.
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d. separate the child from the mother to get more information.
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ANS: B
By the end of the fourth year, it is expected that a child will engage in
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fantasy, so this is normal at this age. A referral to a psychologist would
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h1be premature based only on the complaint of the mother. Completing a
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developmental screening would be very appropriate but not the initial response.
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The nurse would certainly want to get more information, but separating the
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child from the mother is not necessary at this time.
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8. A 17-year-old girl is hospitalized for appendicitis, and her mother asks the nurse why
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she is so needy and acting like a child. The best response of the nurse
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is that in the hospital, adolescents
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a. have separation anxiety. h1 h1
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c. regress because of stress. h1 h1 h1
d. want to know everything. h1 h1 h1
ANS: C
Regression to an earlier stage of development is a common response to stress.
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Separation anxiety is most common in infants and toddlers. Rebellion
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against hospital rules is usually not an issue if the adolescent understands the
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rules and would not create childlike behaviors. An adolescent may want to ―know
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everything‖ with their logical thinking and deductive reasoning, but that would
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not explain why they would act like a child.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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