COMPLETE TEST BANK
FOR ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSING:
ESSENTIALS FOR ROLE
DEVELOPMENT 4TH
EDITION BY LUCCILLE A.
JOEL LATEST UPDATE
2024 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
, ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ESSENTIALS
FOR ROLE DEVELOPMENT 4TH EDITION
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse
recognized the purposeof the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse
responds that it is used to assess 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 assesseshome, 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
assessed with anthropometric data. Sexual development is assessed using physical
examination.
, ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ESSENTIALS
FOR ROLE DEVELOPMENT 4TH EDITION
REF: 6 OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according
to Piaget, theexpected 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 to 4 years old) is
preoperational. Concreteoperational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7
to 11 years old). Formal operational
, Advanced Practice Nursing Essentials for Role
Development 4th Edition Joel Test Bank Latest 2022
describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of age. Sensorimotor
describes theearliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
REF: 5 OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference
between growth anddevelopment 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 increasein overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The processes
by which early cells specialize are referred to asdifferentiation. Psychosocial and
cognitive changes are referred to as development. Qualitative changes associated
with aging are referred to as maturation.
REF: 2 OBJ: 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.
FOR ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSING:
ESSENTIALS FOR ROLE
DEVELOPMENT 4TH
EDITION BY LUCCILLE A.
JOEL LATEST UPDATE
2024 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
, ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ESSENTIALS
FOR ROLE DEVELOPMENT 4TH EDITION
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse
recognized the purposeof the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse
responds that it is used to assess 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 assesseshome, 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
assessed with anthropometric data. Sexual development is assessed using physical
examination.
, ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ESSENTIALS
FOR ROLE DEVELOPMENT 4TH EDITION
REF: 6 OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according
to Piaget, theexpected 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 to 4 years old) is
preoperational. Concreteoperational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7
to 11 years old). Formal operational
, Advanced Practice Nursing Essentials for Role
Development 4th Edition Joel Test Bank Latest 2022
describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of age. Sensorimotor
describes theearliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
REF: 5 OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference
between growth anddevelopment 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 increasein overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The processes
by which early cells specialize are referred to asdifferentiation. Psychosocial and
cognitive changes are referred to as development. Qualitative changes associated
with aging are referred to as maturation.
REF: 2 OBJ: 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.
