NR222 Health & Wellness Final Exam Review With
Key Concepts and Score-Boosting Strategies
A nurse is measuring an infant's head circumference and height. What area is the nurse assessing?
Biophysical
A nurse us using the proximodistal pattern to assess an infant's growth and development as normal.
What assessment finding will the nurse determine as normal?
Lifts head and grasps
In conducting a health class for the adolescent population, what topic would be most relevant?
STD and pregnancy prevention
A nurse is assessing temperaments of children. Which terms should the nurse use to describe
findings?
Easy child
Difficult child
Slow to warm up child
Nurse is assessing the risk of IPV for patients. Which population should the nurse focus on most?
Pregnant women
When discussing sexuality with an older adult, what is important information to include?
STIs
When assessing skin integrity with older adults, what is considered a normal finding?
Decreased elasticity
Older adult patient, in no acute distress, reports being less able to taste and smell. What is the nurse's
best response?
Explain this is normal.
Polypharmacy
The use of multiple medications on a regular basis.
, Outcome for an Older adult patient living alone is to be free from falls. What is a statement that
indicates understanding?
I'll take my time getting up from the bed or chair.
A nurse is assessing an older adult for cognitive changes. What is a symptom the nurse would report
as normal?
Slower reaction time
A male older-adult patient expresses concern and anxiety about decreased penile firmness during an
erection. What is the nurse's best response?
Tell the patient that this change is expected in aging adults
Nurse is observing for the universal loss in an older adult. What is the nurse assessing?
Loss of relationships through death.
A school nurse is encouraging children to play a game of kickball. Which group of children is the nurse
most likely addressing?
School age
Which theory of development asserts that learning precedes development?
Vygotsky's
The process of gaining specific knowledge or skills that result from exposure, experience, education,
and evaluation is known as?
Learning
Which theorist developed his ideas based on interviews that focused on moral dilemmas?
Kohlberg
Which entities recommend that health practitioners within the US use growth charts for children from
birth to 24 months?
WHO
CDC
Piaget's stage of cognitive development states that characteristics of sensorimotor stage include?
Development of object permanence
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development identifies the toddler stage as?
Autonomy vs. shame/doubt
A nurse is teaching a parenting class for families and adolescents. What are some health concerns that
the nurse should include in the teaching?
Key Concepts and Score-Boosting Strategies
A nurse is measuring an infant's head circumference and height. What area is the nurse assessing?
Biophysical
A nurse us using the proximodistal pattern to assess an infant's growth and development as normal.
What assessment finding will the nurse determine as normal?
Lifts head and grasps
In conducting a health class for the adolescent population, what topic would be most relevant?
STD and pregnancy prevention
A nurse is assessing temperaments of children. Which terms should the nurse use to describe
findings?
Easy child
Difficult child
Slow to warm up child
Nurse is assessing the risk of IPV for patients. Which population should the nurse focus on most?
Pregnant women
When discussing sexuality with an older adult, what is important information to include?
STIs
When assessing skin integrity with older adults, what is considered a normal finding?
Decreased elasticity
Older adult patient, in no acute distress, reports being less able to taste and smell. What is the nurse's
best response?
Explain this is normal.
Polypharmacy
The use of multiple medications on a regular basis.
, Outcome for an Older adult patient living alone is to be free from falls. What is a statement that
indicates understanding?
I'll take my time getting up from the bed or chair.
A nurse is assessing an older adult for cognitive changes. What is a symptom the nurse would report
as normal?
Slower reaction time
A male older-adult patient expresses concern and anxiety about decreased penile firmness during an
erection. What is the nurse's best response?
Tell the patient that this change is expected in aging adults
Nurse is observing for the universal loss in an older adult. What is the nurse assessing?
Loss of relationships through death.
A school nurse is encouraging children to play a game of kickball. Which group of children is the nurse
most likely addressing?
School age
Which theory of development asserts that learning precedes development?
Vygotsky's
The process of gaining specific knowledge or skills that result from exposure, experience, education,
and evaluation is known as?
Learning
Which theorist developed his ideas based on interviews that focused on moral dilemmas?
Kohlberg
Which entities recommend that health practitioners within the US use growth charts for children from
birth to 24 months?
WHO
CDC
Piaget's stage of cognitive development states that characteristics of sensorimotor stage include?
Development of object permanence
Erikson's theory of psychosocial development identifies the toddler stage as?
Autonomy vs. shame/doubt
A nurse is teaching a parenting class for families and adolescents. What are some health concerns that
the nurse should include in the teaching?
