TEST BANK FOR CONCEPTS FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 3RD EDITION BY JEAN FORET GIDDENS
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LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
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TEST BANK FOR CONCEPTS FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 3RD EDITION BY JEAN FORET GIDDENS
FULL TESTBANK ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
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.
ANSWER- 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.
ANSWER- C
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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. ANSWER- D
Growth is a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results in an
increase in overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The processes by which early
cells specialize are referred to as differentiation. Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred
to as development. Qualitative changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
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.
b. identifies a need for physical therapy.
c. is a developmental screening tool.
d. provides a framework for health teaching.
ANSWER- C
The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used by healthcare
professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not provide a diagnosis. Diagnosis
requires a thorough neurodevelopment history and physical examination.
Developmental delay, which is suggested by screening, is a symptom, not a diagnosis. The need
for any therapy would be identified with a comprehensive evaluation, not a screening tool. Some
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providers use the Denver II as a framework for teaching about expected development, but this is
not the primary purpose of the tool.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. To plan early intervention anNd UcaRreSfIoNr aGnTinBf.anCtOwMith Down syndrome,
the nurse considers knowledge of other physical development exemplars such as
a. cerebral palsy.
b. failure to thrive.
c. fetal alcohol syndrome.
d. hydrocephaly.
ANSWER- D
Hydrocephaly is also a physical development exemplar. Cerebral palsy is an exemplar of
adaptive developmental delay. Failure to thrive is an exemplar of social/emotional
developmental delay. Fetal alcohol syndrome is an exemplar of cognitive developmental delay.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. To plan early intervention and care for a child with a developmental delay, the nurse
would consider knowledge of the concepts most significantly impacted by development,
including
a. culture.
b. environment.
c. functional status.
d. nutrition. ANSWER- C
Function is one of the concepts most significantly impacted by development. Others include
sensory-perceptual, cognition, mobility, reproduction, and sexuality. Knowledge of these
concepts can help the nurse anticipate areas that need to be addressed. Culture is a concept that is
considered to significantly affect development; the difference is the concepts that affect
development are those that represent major influencing factors (causes); hence determination of
development would be the focus of preventive interventions. Environment is considered to
significantly affect development. Nutrition is considered to significantly affect development.
PRACTICE 3RD EDITION BY JEAN FORET GIDDENS
FULL TESTBANK ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
,1|Page
TEST BANK FOR CONCEPTS FOR NURSING
PRACTICE 3RD EDITION BY JEAN FORET GIDDENS
FULL TESTBANK ALL CHAPTERS INCLUDED||
LATEST AND COMPLETE UPDATE 2025 GRADED A+
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.
ANSWER- 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.
ANSWER- C
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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. ANSWER- D
Growth is a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results in an
increase in overall size or weight of the body or any of its parts. The processes by which early
cells specialize are referred to as differentiation. Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred
to as development. Qualitative changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
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.
b. identifies a need for physical therapy.
c. is a developmental screening tool.
d. provides a framework for health teaching.
ANSWER- C
The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status used by healthcare
professionals; it is a screening tool. Screening tools do not provide a diagnosis. Diagnosis
requires a thorough neurodevelopment history and physical examination.
Developmental delay, which is suggested by screening, is a symptom, not a diagnosis. The need
for any therapy would be identified with a comprehensive evaluation, not a screening tool. Some
, 3|Page
providers use the Denver II as a framework for teaching about expected development, but this is
not the primary purpose of the tool.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. To plan early intervention anNd UcaRreSfIoNr aGnTinBf.anCtOwMith Down syndrome,
the nurse considers knowledge of other physical development exemplars such as
a. cerebral palsy.
b. failure to thrive.
c. fetal alcohol syndrome.
d. hydrocephaly.
ANSWER- D
Hydrocephaly is also a physical development exemplar. Cerebral palsy is an exemplar of
adaptive developmental delay. Failure to thrive is an exemplar of social/emotional
developmental delay. Fetal alcohol syndrome is an exemplar of cognitive developmental delay.
OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
6. To plan early intervention and care for a child with a developmental delay, the nurse
would consider knowledge of the concepts most significantly impacted by development,
including
a. culture.
b. environment.
c. functional status.
d. nutrition. ANSWER- C
Function is one of the concepts most significantly impacted by development. Others include
sensory-perceptual, cognition, mobility, reproduction, and sexuality. Knowledge of these
concepts can help the nurse anticipate areas that need to be addressed. Culture is a concept that is
considered to significantly affect development; the difference is the concepts that affect
development are those that represent major influencing factors (causes); hence determination of
development would be the focus of preventive interventions. Environment is considered to
significantly affect development. Nutrition is considered to significantly affect development.
