,
, Concept0901:09Development
Giddens:09Concepts09for09Nursing09Practice,093rd09Edition
MULTIPLE09CHOICE
1. The09nurse09manager09of09a09pediatric09clinic09could09confirm09that09the09new09nurse0
9recognized09the09purpose09of09the09HEADSS09Adolescent09Risk09Profile09when09the
09new09nurse09responds09that09it09is09used09to09review09for09needs09related09to
a. anticipatory09guidance.
b. low-risk09adolescents.
c. physical09development.
d. sexual09development.
ANS:0 9 A
The09HEADSS09Adolescent09Risk09Profile09is09a09psychosocial09assessment09screening09
tool09which09reviews09home,09education,09activities,09drugs,09sex,09and09suicide09for09the
09purpose09of09identifying09high-
risk09adolescents09and09the09need09for09anticipatory09guidance.09It09is09used09to09identify0
9high-risk,09not09low-
risk,09adolescents.09Physical09development09is09reviewed09with09anthropometric09data.
Sexual09development09is09reviewed09using09physical09examination.
OBJ: NCLEX09Client09Needs09Category:09Health09Promotion09and09Maintenance
2. The09nurse09preparing09a09teaching09plan09for09a09preschooler09knows09that,09according
09to09Piaget,09the09expected09stage09of09development09for09a09preschooler09is
a. concrete09operational.
b. formal09operational.
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS:0 9 C
The09expected09stage09of09development09for09a09preschooler09(3–409years09old)09is09pre-
operational.09Concrete09operational09describes09the09thinking09of09a09school-
age09child09(7–
1109years09old).09Formal09operational09describes09the09thinking09of09an09individual09after0
9about091109years09of09age.09Sensorimotor09describes09the09earliest09pattern09of09thinking0
9from09birth09to09209years09old.
OBJ: NCLEX09Client09Needs09Category:09Health09Promotion09and09Maintenance
3. The09school09nurse09talking09with09a09high09school09class09about09the09difference09betw
een09growth09and09development09would09best09describe09growth09as
a. processes09by09which09early09cells09specialize.
b. psychosocial09and09cognitive09changes.
c. qualitative09changes09associated09with09aging.
d. quantitative09changes09in09size09or09w
eight.09ANS:0 9 D