Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE x
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. x
b. low-risk adolescents. x
c. physical development. x
d. sexual development. x
ANS: A x
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which
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xreviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying
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xhigh-risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-
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risk,not 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 x x x x x x x
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. x
b. formal operational. x
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C x
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.
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Sensorimotordescribes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years old.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance x x x x x x x
3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth and
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development would best describe growth as
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a. processes by which early cells specialize. x x x x x
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. x x x
c. qualitative changes associated with aging. x x x x
d. quantitative changes in size or weight. x x x x x
ANS: D
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