DEVELOPMENTAL THEORIES
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
(LATEST UPDATE), Exams of Nursing
1.Which nursing interventions are examples of the nurse as a caregiver? Select all
that apply.
Encouraging the client to exercise daily
Setting goals for the client to reduce weight
Arranging for the client to meet a spiritual advisor
2. A nurse is evaluating situations based on the responses of several clients. Which
client's statement confirms that he or she has reached the Integrity versus Despair
stage according to Erikson's theory of psychosocial development? Select all that
apply.
"Looking back at my entire life, I find that I have actually achieved nothing." "In
the twilight of my life, I regret not fulfilling the promises I made to my wife."
"Now that I am at the end of the road, I think I am the luckiest person on the earth
because God has given me everything that I had asked for."
3. Which intervention by the home health care nurse conforms to the use of safety
competency while providing health care?
The nurse ensures the furniture does not obstruct the client's movement.
4. A middle-aged client says, "I have been unsuccessful in raising my kids." Which
stage should the nurse expect the client to have reached, according to Erikson's
theory of psychosocial development?
The client has reached the Generativity versus Self-Absorption and Stagnation
stage.
5. A nurse is recalling Piaget's theory of cognitive development. What is the
characteristic of the preoperational stage?
"An infant may learn to think with the use of symbols and mental images."
6. A nurse is heading a performance improvement team. The nurse collects records
of needlestick injuries due to improper needle recapping techniques used during
, medicine administration. What is the next step to be followed by the nurse, if he or
she is using the "plan, do, study, act model
Facilitate a training program for all nurses to teach the proper technique of
recapping needles
7. While teaching a nursing student, a registered nurse says "This is a study in
which the investigator controls the study variable and randomly assigns subjects to
different conditions to test the variable." Which type of research is the above
statement?
Experimental research
8. What makes a crisis access hospital (CAH) different from an intensive care unit
(ICU)?
It provides temporary care for 96 hours or less.
9. A nursing student is taking down notes about paradigm. Which point noted
down by the nursing student needs correction?
A paradigm is the perspective of a profession.
10. According to Watson's theory, in which practice is the nurse least likely to
engage?
Curing the disease before engaging in care of the client
11. A nursing student is listing the goals of theoretical nursing models. Which goal
listed by the nursing student needs correction?
Provide knowledge to validate nursing interventions
12. A registered nurse is teaching a student nurse about Gesell's theory of
biophysical development. Which statement by the student nurse indicates the need
for further teaching? Select all that apply.
"Proximodistal growth describes the sequence in which growth is fastest from the
head down."
"In the cephalocaudal pattern, growth starts at the center of the body and moves
toward the extremities."
13. What kind of health service does the nurse offer in a health promotion or
primary care program?
Nutrition counseling