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ars of age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years ol
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Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE WW
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized t
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he purpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds tha
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t it is used to review for needs related to
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reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying
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risk, adolescents. Physical development is 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 Piaget, th
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operational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7–
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11 years old). Formal operational describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 ye
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