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Test Bank for Concepts for Nursing
Practice 3RD Edition by Jean Giddens
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Test Bank Concepts for Nursing Practice (3RD Edition) by Jean
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CONCEPT 01: Development
CONCEPTs for Nursing Practice, 3RD EDITION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic 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 review for needs related to
a. anticipatory guidance.
b. low-risk adolescents.
c. physical development.
d. sexual development.
ANSWER: A
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool
WHICH reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the
purpose of identifying high-risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory
guidance. It is used to identify high-risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical
development is reviewed with anthropometric data.
Sexual development is reviewed using physical examination.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to
Piaget, the expected stage of development for a preschooler is
a. concrete operational.
b. formal operational.
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANSWER: C
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3–4 years old) is pre-
operational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7–
11 years old). Formal operational describes the thinking of an individual after about
11 years of age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth
to 2 years old.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between
growth and development would best describe growth as
a. processes by WHICH early cells specialize.
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes.
c. qualitative changes associated with aging.
d. quantitative changes in size or
weight. ANSWER: D
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Growth is a quantitative change in WHICH an increase in cell number and size
results in an increase in overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The
processes by WHICH early cells specialize are referred to as differentiation.
Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred to as development. Qualitative
changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. The most appropriate response of the nurse WHEN a mother asks WHAT the
Denver II does is that it
a. can diagnose developmental disabilities.
b. identifies a need for physical therapy.
c. is a developmental screening tool.
d. provides a framework for health teaching.
ANSWER: C
The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used
by healthcare professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not provide a
diagnosis. Diagnosis requires a thorough neurodevelopment history and physical
examination.
Developmental delay, WHICH is suggested by screening, is a symptom, not a
diagnosis. The need for any therapy would be identified with a comprehensive
evaluation, not a screening tool. Some providers use the Denver II as a framework
for teaching about expected development, but this is not the primary purpose of
the tool.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. To plan early intervention a n d c a r e f o r a n i n f a n t w i t h Down syndrome,
the nurse considers knowledge of other physical development exemplars such as
a. cerebral palsy.
b. failure to thrive.
c. fetal alcohol syndrome.
d. hydrocephaly.
ANSWER: D
Hydrocephaly is also a physical development exemplar. Cerebral palsy is an
exemplar of adaptive developmental delay. Failure to thrive is an exemplar of
social/emotional developmental delay. Fetal alcohol syndrome is an exemplar of
cognitive developmental delay.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. 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
a. culture.
b. environment.
c. functional status.
d. nutrition
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ANSWER:
C
Test Bank for Concepts for Nursing
Practice 3RD Edition by Jean Giddens
latest Updated Version 2025
ISBN: 9780323377003
,[Type here]
Test Bank Concepts for Nursing Practice (3RD Edition) by Jean
Giddens
CONCEPT 01: Development
CONCEPTs for Nursing Practice, 3RD EDITION
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic 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 review for needs related to
a. anticipatory guidance.
b. low-risk adolescents.
c. physical development.
d. sexual development.
ANSWER: A
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool
WHICH reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the
purpose of identifying high-risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory
guidance. It is used to identify high-risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical
development is reviewed with anthropometric data.
Sexual development is reviewed using physical examination.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to
Piaget, the expected stage of development for a preschooler is
a. concrete operational.
b. formal operational.
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANSWER: C
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3–4 years old) is pre-
operational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7–
11 years old). Formal operational describes the thinking of an individual after about
11 years of age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth
to 2 years old.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between
growth and development would best describe growth as
a. processes by WHICH early cells specialize.
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes.
c. qualitative changes associated with aging.
d. quantitative changes in size or
weight. ANSWER: D
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Growth is a quantitative change in WHICH an increase in cell number and size
results in an increase in overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The
processes by WHICH early cells specialize are referred to as differentiation.
Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred to as development. Qualitative
changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
4. The most appropriate response of the nurse WHEN a mother asks WHAT the
Denver II does is that it
a. can diagnose developmental disabilities.
b. identifies a need for physical therapy.
c. is a developmental screening tool.
d. provides a framework for health teaching.
ANSWER: C
The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used
by healthcare professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not provide a
diagnosis. Diagnosis requires a thorough neurodevelopment history and physical
examination.
Developmental delay, WHICH is suggested by screening, is a symptom, not a
diagnosis. The need for any therapy would be identified with a comprehensive
evaluation, not a screening tool. Some providers use the Denver II as a framework
for teaching about expected development, but this is not the primary purpose of
the tool.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. To plan early intervention a n d c a r e f o r a n i n f a n t w i t h Down syndrome,
the nurse considers knowledge of other physical development exemplars such as
a. cerebral palsy.
b. failure to thrive.
c. fetal alcohol syndrome.
d. hydrocephaly.
ANSWER: D
Hydrocephaly is also a physical development exemplar. Cerebral palsy is an
exemplar of adaptive developmental delay. Failure to thrive is an exemplar of
social/emotional developmental delay. Fetal alcohol syndrome is an exemplar of
cognitive developmental delay.
OBJECTIVE: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. 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
a. culture.
b. environment.
c. functional status.
d. nutrition
.
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ANSWER:
C
