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, Concept 01: Development
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Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE wd
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized the p
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urpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is us
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ed to review for needs related to
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a. anticipatory guidance. wd
b. low-risk adolescents. wd
c. physical development. wd
d. sexual development. wd
ANS: A w d
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which re
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views home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying high-
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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 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, the e
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xpected stage of development for a preschooler is
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a. concrete operational. wd
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c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C w d
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 years
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of age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 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 growthand d
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evelopment would best describe growth as wd wd wd wd wd
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b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. wd wd wd
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d. quantitative changes in size or weight. wd wd wd wd wd wd
ANS: D w d
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, Concept 01: Development
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Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE wd
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized the p
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urpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is us
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ed to review for needs related to
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a. anticipatory guidance. wd
b. low-risk adolescents. wd
c. physical development. wd
d. sexual development. wd
ANS: A w d
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which re
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views home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying high-
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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 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, the e
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xpected stage of development for a preschooler is
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a. concrete operational. wd
b. formal operational. wd
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C w d
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 years
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of age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 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 growthand d
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evelopment would best describe growth as wd wd wd wd wd
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b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. wd wd wd
c. qualitative changes associated with aging. wd wd wd wd
d. quantitative changes in size or weight. wd wd wd wd wd wd
ANS: D w d
