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MULTIPLE CHOICE /{
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized th
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epurpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it
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isused to review for needs related to
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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 r
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eviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying hi
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gh-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.
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Sexual development is reviewed using physical examination.
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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
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expected stage of development for a preschooler is
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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-
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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 year
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s of age. Sensorimotordescribes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
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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
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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 / {
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, Concept 01: Development
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Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE /{
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized th
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epurpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it
/{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{
isused to review for needs related to
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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 r
/{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{
eviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying hi
/{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{ /{
gh-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.
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Sexual development is reviewed using physical examination.
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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
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expected stage of development for a preschooler is
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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-
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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 year
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s of age. Sensorimotordescribes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
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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
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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 / {