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, Concept 01: Development
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Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE c+
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 isused to assess for needs related to
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a. anticipatory guidance. c+
b. low-risk adolescents. c+
c. physical development. c+
d. sexual development. c+
ANS: A c +
The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool whic
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h assesses home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifyi
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ng high-
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risk adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-
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risk, adolescents. Physical development is assessed with anthropometric data.
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Sexual development is assessed using physical examination.
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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
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a. concrete operational. c+
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c. preoperational.
d. sensorimotor.
ANS: C 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-age child (7–
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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 ol
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3. The school nurse talking with a high school class about the difference between growth
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anddevelopment would best describe growth as
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b. psychosocial and cognitive changes. c+ c+ c+
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t.ANS: D
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