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, Concept 01: Development
Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4rd 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
,
, Concept 01: Development
Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4rd 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
