2025 VERIFIED SOLUTIONS FOR
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING:
ESSENTIALS FOR ROLE
DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS FOR
ROLE DEVELOPMENT TEST
BANK FIFTH EDITION
BY LUCILLE A. JOEL ISBN-13;
978-1719642774
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.
, 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 to 4 years old) is
preoperational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age
child (7 to 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.
,REF: 5 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
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 asdifferentiation.
Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred to as development.
Qualitative changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
REF: 2 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.
, ANS: C
The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status
used by health care 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
providers use the Denver II as a framework for teaching about expected
development, but this is not the primary purpose of the tool.
REF: 4 OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. To plan early intervention and care for an infant with 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.
ANS: 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.
ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING:
ESSENTIALS FOR ROLE
DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS FOR
ROLE DEVELOPMENT TEST
BANK FIFTH EDITION
BY LUCILLE A. JOEL ISBN-13;
978-1719642774
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.
, 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 to 4 years old) is
preoperational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school-age
child (7 to 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.
,REF: 5 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
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 asdifferentiation.
Psychosocial and cognitive changes are referred to as development.
Qualitative changes associated with aging are referred to as maturation.
REF: 2 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.
, ANS: C
The Denver II is the most commonly used measure of developmental status
used by health care 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
providers use the Denver II as a framework for teaching about expected
development, but this is not the primary purpose of the tool.
REF: 4 OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
5. To plan early intervention and care for an infant with 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.
ANS: 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.
