TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing
TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
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,TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing
TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
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,TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing
TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
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, TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing
TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
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
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TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
Page 1 TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing Practice Jean Foret Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition.docx
,TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing
TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
Page 2 TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing Practice Jean Foret Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition.docx
,TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing
TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
Page 3 TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing Practice Jean Foret Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition.docx
, TEST BANK Concepts for Nursing
TEST
Practice
BANKJean
Concepts
Foret Giddens
for Nursing
PhDPractice
RN FAANJean
3rd
Foret
Edition
Giddens PhD RN FAAN 3rd Edition 2/17/2026
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
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