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Giddens: Conceptsfor Nursing Practice, 4thEdition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE Q W
1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized
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thepurpose of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds th
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at it is used to review for needs related to
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a. anticipatory guidance. QW
b. low-risk adolescents. Q W
c. physical development. QW
d. sexual development. Q W
ANS: A
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool
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Wwhi c h reviews home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of id
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entif yi ng high- Q W Q W QW
risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-
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risk,not low-
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risk, adolescents. Physical development is reviewed with anthropometric data. Sex
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ual development is reviewed using physical examination.
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget,
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theexpected stage of development for a preschooler is QW QW QW QW QW QW QW
a. concrete operational. QW
b. formal operational. QW
c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C
The expected stage of development for a preschooler (3–4 years old) is pre-
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operational. Concrete operational describes the thinking of a school
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age child (7– Q W Q W
11 years old). Formal operational describes the thinking of an individual after about 11 y
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ears of age. Sensorimotordescribes the earliest pattern of thinking from birth to 2 years
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OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth
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and development would best describe growth as
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a. processes by which early cells specialize. Q W QW Q W Q W QW
b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. Q W Q W Q W
c. qualitative changes associated with aging. Q W Q W Q W Q W
d. quantitative changes in size or weight QW Q W QW QW Q W
.ANS: D