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Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE ]+
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized t
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hepurpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that
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it isused to assess for needs related to
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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
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assesses home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying
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+high-risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-
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risk,not low-risk, adolescents. Physical development is assessed with anthropometric data.
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Sexual development is assessed using physical examination.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, t
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heexpected stage of development for a preschooler is
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a. concrete operational. ]+
b. formal operational. N ]+
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 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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ars of age. Sensorimotordescribes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
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3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth a
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nddevelopment would best describe growth as
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a. processes by which early cells specialize. ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. ]+ ]+ ]+
c. qualitative changes associated with aging. ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+
d. quantitative changes in size or weight ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+ ]+
.ANS: D
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