NUR 353 QUIZ QUESTIONS 2026/2027 | NUR 353 PRACTICE QUIZ & STUDY
GUIDE
1. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth and
development would best describe growth as:
Processes by which early cells specialize.
Psychosocial and cognitive changes.
Qualitative changes associated with aging.
Quantitative changes in size or weight. - ANS✔✔ Quantitative changes in size or weight.
2. The most appropriate response of the nurse when a mother asks what the Denver II does is
that:
Can diagnose developmental disabilities.
Identifies a need for physical therapy.
Is a developmental screening tool.
Provides a framework for health teaching. - ANS✔✔ is a developmental screening tool
3. A mother complains to the nurse at the pediatric clinic that her 4-year-old child always talks
to her toys and makes up stories. The mother wants her child to have a psychological
evaluation. The nurses best response is to:
Refer the child to a psychologist.
Explain that playing make believe with dolls and people is normal at this age.
Complete a developmental screening.
Separate the child from the mother to get more information - ANS✔✔ Explain that playing
make believe with dolls and people is normal at this age.
, 4. To plan early intervention and care for a child with a developmental delay. The nurse would
consider knowledge of the concepts most significantly impacted by development including:
Culture
Environment
Functional status
Nutrition - ANS✔✔ Functional status
5. The nurse manager of a pediatric could confirm that the new nurse recognized the purpose of
the HEADSS adolescent risk profile when the new nurse responds that it is used to assess for
needs related to:
Anticipatory guidance.
Low-risk adolescents.
Physical development.
Sexual development. - ANS✔✔ Anticipatory guidance.
6. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, the
expected stage of development for a preschooler is:
Concrete operational.
Formal operational.
Preoperational.
Sensorimotor - ANS✔✔ Preoperational
GUIDE
1. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth and
development would best describe growth as:
Processes by which early cells specialize.
Psychosocial and cognitive changes.
Qualitative changes associated with aging.
Quantitative changes in size or weight. - ANS✔✔ Quantitative changes in size or weight.
2. The most appropriate response of the nurse when a mother asks what the Denver II does is
that:
Can diagnose developmental disabilities.
Identifies a need for physical therapy.
Is a developmental screening tool.
Provides a framework for health teaching. - ANS✔✔ is a developmental screening tool
3. A mother complains to the nurse at the pediatric clinic that her 4-year-old child always talks
to her toys and makes up stories. The mother wants her child to have a psychological
evaluation. The nurses best response is to:
Refer the child to a psychologist.
Explain that playing make believe with dolls and people is normal at this age.
Complete a developmental screening.
Separate the child from the mother to get more information - ANS✔✔ Explain that playing
make believe with dolls and people is normal at this age.
, 4. To plan early intervention and care for a child with a developmental delay. The nurse would
consider knowledge of the concepts most significantly impacted by development including:
Culture
Environment
Functional status
Nutrition - ANS✔✔ Functional status
5. The nurse manager of a pediatric could confirm that the new nurse recognized the purpose of
the HEADSS adolescent risk profile when the new nurse responds that it is used to assess for
needs related to:
Anticipatory guidance.
Low-risk adolescents.
Physical development.
Sexual development. - ANS✔✔ Anticipatory guidance.
6. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, the
expected stage of development for a preschooler is:
Concrete operational.
Formal operational.
Preoperational.
Sensorimotor - ANS✔✔ Preoperational
