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1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized
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the purposeof the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds
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that it is used to assess for needs related to
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a. anticipatory guidance. T




b. low-risk adolescents. T




c. physical development. T




d. sexual development. T




ANS: A T




The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool
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which assesseshome, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of
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identifying high-risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to
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identify high-risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical development is assessed with
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anthropometric data. Sexual development is assessed using physical examination.
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2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to
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Piaget, theexpected stage of development for a preschooler is
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a. concrete operational. T




b. formal operational. T




c. preoperational.

d. sensorimotor.



ANS: C T




The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3 to 4 years old) is
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preoperational. Concreteoperational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7 to
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11 years old). Formal operational
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describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of age. Sensorimotor
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describes theearliest 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
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growth anddevelopment would best describe growth as
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b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. T T T




c. qualitative changes associated with aging. T T T T




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ANS: D T




Growth is a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results in
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an increasein overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The processes by
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which early cells specialize are referred to asdifferentiation. Psychosocial and
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cognitive changes are referred to as development. Qualitative changes associated
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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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a. can diagnose developmental disabilities.
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b. identifies a need for physical therapy. T T T T T




c. is a developmental screening tool.
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ANS: C T




The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used by
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health care professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not provide a
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diagnosis. Diagnosis requires athorough neurodevelopment history and physical
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examination. Developmental delay, which is suggested by screening, is a symptom,
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not a 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 framework for
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teaching about expected development, but this is not the primary purpose of thetool.
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