,
,
, Concept 01: Development
x x
Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition
x x x x x x
MULTIPLE CHOICE x
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized the pu
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rpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is used
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to review for needs related to
x x x x x
a. anticipatory guidance. x
b. low-risk adolescents. x
c. physical development. x
d. sexual development. x
ANS: A x
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which revi
x x x x x x x x x x x x
ews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying high-
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-
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risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical development is reviewed with anthropometric data.
x x x x x x x x x x
Sexual development is reviewed using physical examination.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
x x x x x x x
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, the ex
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pected stage of development for a preschooler is
x x x x x x x
a. concrete operational. x
b. formal operational. x
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C x
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3–4 years old) is pre-
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operational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7–
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11 years old). Formal operational describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of
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age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
x x x x x x x
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth and de
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
velopment would best describe growth as x x x x x
a. processes by which early cells specialize. x x x x x
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. x x x
c. qualitative changes associated with aging. x x x x
d. quantitative changes in size or weight. x x x x x x
ANS: D x
,
, Concept 01: Development
x x
Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition
x x x x x x
MULTIPLE CHOICE x
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized the pu
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
rpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is used
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
to review for needs related to
x x x x x
a. anticipatory guidance. x
b. low-risk adolescents. x
c. physical development. x
d. sexual development. x
ANS: A x
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which revi
x x x x x x x x x x x x
ews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying high-
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-
x x x x x x x x x x x x x
risk, not low-risk, adolescents. Physical development is reviewed with anthropometric data.
x x x x x x x x x x
Sexual development is reviewed using physical examination.
x x x x x x
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
x x x x x x x
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, the ex
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
pected stage of development for a preschooler is
x x x x x x x
a. concrete operational. x
b. formal operational. x
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C x
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3–4 years old) is pre-
x x x x x x x x x x x x
operational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7–
x x x x x x x x x x
11 years old). Formal operational describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
age. Sensorimotor describes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
x x x x x x x
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth and de
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
velopment would best describe growth as x x x x x
a. processes by which early cells specialize. x x x x x
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. x x x
c. qualitative changes associated with aging. x x x x
d. quantitative changes in size or weight. x x x x x x
ANS: D x
