TESTBANK FOR CONCEPTS OF NURSING PRACTICE 3RD
EDITION BY JEAN FORET GIDDENS FULL TESTBANK ALL
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Concept 01: Development
Giddens: 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.
OBJ: 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.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
EDITION BY JEAN FORET GIDDENS FULL TESTBANK ALL
CHAPTERS INCLUDED|| LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE
2025 GRADED A+
,1|Page
,2|Page
, 3|Page
Concept 01: Development
Giddens: 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.
OBJ: 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.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
