LPN to RN Transition Exam Questions With
Correct Answers Latest Update Graded A+.
what are non modifiable risk factors?
Correct Answer - age, genetics, gender
What are modifiable risk factors?
Correct Answer - risk factors that can be controlled and are teachable to aid change. examples include
diet, smoking, exercise.
what are the stages of changing health behaviors?
Correct Answer - precontemplation- how?
contemplation- steps to take
preparation- planning
action- changing
maintenance stage- hardest stage
acute illness
Correct Answer - an illness that is sudden and severe
chronic illness
Correct Answer - an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled
and complications prevented with proper treatment
What is illness behavior?
pg. 1
,Correct Answer - the way in which symptoms are perceived, evaluated, and acted upon by a person who
recognizes some pain, discomfort, or other signs of organic malfunction
What are the internal factors involving illness behavior
Correct Answer - perception of illness and nature of illness
What are external factors involving illness behavior?
Correct Answer - visibility of symptoms, social group, culture, economics
What is Gesell's theory of development?
Correct Answer - growth and development is unique and directed by gene activity
What does cephalocaudal mean?
Correct Answer - head to toe
What does proximodistal mean?
Correct Answer - side to side
What was Sigmund Freud's theory?
Correct Answer - psychoanalytic theory/psychosocial stages
What are Sigmund Freud's stages of psychosexual theory age groups?
Correct Answer - stage 1 ORAL (12mo-18mo) eating
stage 2 ANAL (12/18mo-3yr) potty training/ control bowels
stage 3 PHALLIC/OEDIPAL (3yr-6yr) difference between boys and girls
stage 4 LATENCY (6yr-12yr) 0 Sex
stage 5 GENITAL (puberty into adulthood) sex/relationships
Frued's Psychosexual Stages are?
pg. 2
,Correct Answer - oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
What is Erik Erikson Theory study on children?
Correct Answer - Early childhood years main focus of personality. Psycho-social, focused on personal self
image and social interactions - conflicts must be resolved at each of his stages. People are developing all
throughout their life.
Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development are...
Correct Answer - (1) Trust vs. Mistrust;
(2) Autonomy vs. Shame;
(3) Initiative vs. Guilt;
(4) Industry vs. Inferiority;
(5) Identity vs. Confusion;
(6) Intimacy vs. Isolation;
(7) Generativity vs. Self-absorption;
(8) Integrity vs. Despair.
Trust vs. Mistrust (birth to year)
Correct Answer - Erikson's first stage during the first year of life, infants learn to trust when they are
cared for in a consistent warm manner
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (1yr-3yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's stage in which a toddler learns to exercise will and to do things
independently; failure to do so causes shame and doubt
Initiative vs. Guilt (3yr-6yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's third stage in which the child finds independence in planning, playing and
other activities
Industry vs. Inferiority(6yr-11yr)
pg. 3
, Correct Answer - Erikson's stage between 6 and 11 years, when the child learns to be productive
identity vs. role confusion (12yr-18yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's stage during which teenagers and young adults search for and become their
true selves
intimancy vs isolation (19yr-40yr)
Correct Answer - young adults developed a sense of identity, deepen their capacity to love others and
care for them.
Generativity vs. Stagnation (40yr-65yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's stage of social development in which middle-aged people begin to devote
themselves more to fulfilling one's potential and doing public service
integrity vs despair (65yr+)
Correct Answer - Erikson's final stage in which those near the end of life look back and evaluate their
lives
Chess and Thomas' Classification of Temperament are..
Correct Answer - easy child,
difficult child,
slow-to-warm-up child
Stage-Crisis Theory is?
Correct Answer - Idea based on completion of developmental tasks throughout six stages of life
infancy-late adulthood
activity theory is?
Correct Answer - theory of adjustment to aging that assumes older people are happier if they remain
active in some way, such as volunteering or developing a hobby
pg. 4
Correct Answers Latest Update Graded A+.
what are non modifiable risk factors?
Correct Answer - age, genetics, gender
What are modifiable risk factors?
Correct Answer - risk factors that can be controlled and are teachable to aid change. examples include
diet, smoking, exercise.
what are the stages of changing health behaviors?
Correct Answer - precontemplation- how?
contemplation- steps to take
preparation- planning
action- changing
maintenance stage- hardest stage
acute illness
Correct Answer - an illness that is sudden and severe
chronic illness
Correct Answer - an on-going illness, slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled
and complications prevented with proper treatment
What is illness behavior?
pg. 1
,Correct Answer - the way in which symptoms are perceived, evaluated, and acted upon by a person who
recognizes some pain, discomfort, or other signs of organic malfunction
What are the internal factors involving illness behavior
Correct Answer - perception of illness and nature of illness
What are external factors involving illness behavior?
Correct Answer - visibility of symptoms, social group, culture, economics
What is Gesell's theory of development?
Correct Answer - growth and development is unique and directed by gene activity
What does cephalocaudal mean?
Correct Answer - head to toe
What does proximodistal mean?
Correct Answer - side to side
What was Sigmund Freud's theory?
Correct Answer - psychoanalytic theory/psychosocial stages
What are Sigmund Freud's stages of psychosexual theory age groups?
Correct Answer - stage 1 ORAL (12mo-18mo) eating
stage 2 ANAL (12/18mo-3yr) potty training/ control bowels
stage 3 PHALLIC/OEDIPAL (3yr-6yr) difference between boys and girls
stage 4 LATENCY (6yr-12yr) 0 Sex
stage 5 GENITAL (puberty into adulthood) sex/relationships
Frued's Psychosexual Stages are?
pg. 2
,Correct Answer - oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage, latency stage, genital stage
What is Erik Erikson Theory study on children?
Correct Answer - Early childhood years main focus of personality. Psycho-social, focused on personal self
image and social interactions - conflicts must be resolved at each of his stages. People are developing all
throughout their life.
Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development are...
Correct Answer - (1) Trust vs. Mistrust;
(2) Autonomy vs. Shame;
(3) Initiative vs. Guilt;
(4) Industry vs. Inferiority;
(5) Identity vs. Confusion;
(6) Intimacy vs. Isolation;
(7) Generativity vs. Self-absorption;
(8) Integrity vs. Despair.
Trust vs. Mistrust (birth to year)
Correct Answer - Erikson's first stage during the first year of life, infants learn to trust when they are
cared for in a consistent warm manner
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (1yr-3yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's stage in which a toddler learns to exercise will and to do things
independently; failure to do so causes shame and doubt
Initiative vs. Guilt (3yr-6yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's third stage in which the child finds independence in planning, playing and
other activities
Industry vs. Inferiority(6yr-11yr)
pg. 3
, Correct Answer - Erikson's stage between 6 and 11 years, when the child learns to be productive
identity vs. role confusion (12yr-18yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's stage during which teenagers and young adults search for and become their
true selves
intimancy vs isolation (19yr-40yr)
Correct Answer - young adults developed a sense of identity, deepen their capacity to love others and
care for them.
Generativity vs. Stagnation (40yr-65yr)
Correct Answer - Erikson's stage of social development in which middle-aged people begin to devote
themselves more to fulfilling one's potential and doing public service
integrity vs despair (65yr+)
Correct Answer - Erikson's final stage in which those near the end of life look back and evaluate their
lives
Chess and Thomas' Classification of Temperament are..
Correct Answer - easy child,
difficult child,
slow-to-warm-up child
Stage-Crisis Theory is?
Correct Answer - Idea based on completion of developmental tasks throughout six stages of life
infancy-late adulthood
activity theory is?
Correct Answer - theory of adjustment to aging that assumes older people are happier if they remain
active in some way, such as volunteering or developing a hobby
pg. 4
