Updated/Latest 2025–2026 Test Bank For Concepts For Nursing Practice 3rd Edition By Jean Giddens Comprehensive Exam Questions Answers And Rationales Study Guide For Nursing Fundamentals Clinical Reasoning NCLEX Preparation Academic Excellence And Professi

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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
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purpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is
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used to review for needs related to
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a. anticipatory guidance. J



b. low-risk adolescents. J



c. physical development. J



d. sexual development. J




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The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which
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reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying
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high-risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-risk, not
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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
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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. J



b. formaloperational. J



c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
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The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3–4 years old) is pre-operational.
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Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age child (7–11 years old). Formal
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operational describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 years of age. Sensorimotor
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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
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3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growthand
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development would best describe growth as J J J J J



a. processes by which early cells specialize. J J J J J



b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. J J J



c. qualitative changes associated with aging. J J J J



d. quantitative changes in size or weight. J J J J J J




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