Test bank for concepts for nursing practice ,jean foret giddens
phd rb faan latest 2025
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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.
Ans: 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.
Ans: 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
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.
Ans: d
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.
phd rb faan latest 2025
,
,
, 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.
Ans: 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.
Ans: 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
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.
Ans: d
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.
