Concept 01: Development Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd E
tion
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1. 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 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 assesses 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
assessed with anthropometric data. Sexual development is assessed using physical
examination
2. 2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, accord-
ing 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-opera-
tional. 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.
3. 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:
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.
4. 4. The most appropriate response of the nurse when a mother asks what the
Denver II does is that it
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_azvh6f
1. 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 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 assesses 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
assessed with anthropometric data. Sexual development is assessed using physical
examination
2. 2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, accord-
ing 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-opera-
tional. 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.
3. 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:
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.
4. 4. The most appropriate response of the nurse when a mother asks what the
Denver II does is that it
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