Nursing 1600 Quiz 1
Practice Q &A
1. The nurse is caring for a hospitalized adolescent. The nurse understands that
which major developmental task is important during adolescence?
a. Building a sense of trust
i. Building a sense of trust is not an appropriate developmental task of
adolescence.
b. Learning to utilize creative energies
i. Learning to utilize creative energies is not a developmental task of
adolescence.
c. Learning to defer gratification
i. Learning to defer gratification is not an appropriate
developmental task of adolescence.
d. Defining a sense of self
i. Establishing an identity or defining a sense of self is the major
adolescent developmental task.
2. A nurse is planning care for a 10-year-old child who will be hospitalized for an
extended period of time. Which of the following actions should the nurse include
in the plan of care to meet the client's psychosocial needs according to Erikson?
a. Arrange for a teacher to provide lesson plans.
b. Allow the client to select his own food from the menu.
c. Discourage visits from the client's friends.
d. Provide a daily session with a play therapist.
3. A nurse is assessing the psychosocial development of a toddler. The nurse
should recognize that this stage is characterized by which of the following?
a. Imaginary playmates
b. Erikson's stage of initiative versus guilt
c. Demonstrations of sexual curiosity
d. Negative behaviors characterized by the need for autonomy
4. A nurse has accepted a position on a pediatric unit and is learning about
psychosocial development. Place Erikson's stages of psychosocial
development in order from birth to adolescence. (Move the steps into the box
on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all the
steps.)
a. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
b. Industry vs. inferiority
c. Identity vs. role confusion
d. Initiative vs. guilt
e. Trust vs. mistrust
i. Answer: E, A, D, B, C
5. A preschool age child copies circles, stacks 9-10 cubes, and dresses himself
without assistance. Which of Erickson's psychosocial stages should the child
be experiencing?
a. Trust vs. mistrust
b. Autonomy vs. shame and
doubtc. Initiative vs. guilt
d. Industry vs. inferiority
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, 6. A nurse is caring for a toddler who is experiencing separation anxiety. Which of
the following is anappropriate action for the nurse to take?
a. Explain to the toddler that her parents will return in one hour.
i. Toddlers have limited concept of time. Therefore, explaining to the
toddler that her parents will return in one hour is not an appropriate
action for the nurse to take.
b. Assist the parents to sneak out of the toddler’s room.
i. Parents are encouraged to tell their toddler that they are leaving to
prevent the uncertainty of their absence. Therefore, assisting the
parents to sneak out of the room is not an appropriate action for the
nurse to take.
c. Tell the parents about the reaction of the toddler while they were gone.
i. Telling the parents about the reaction of the toddler will ease the
stress of the separation.
d. Leave the toddler alone for five minutes to cry it out.
i. Toddlers that experience separation anxiety should not be left alone.
Therefore, this is not an appropriate action for the nurse to take.
Practice Q &A
1. The nurse is caring for a hospitalized adolescent. The nurse understands that
which major developmental task is important during adolescence?
a. Building a sense of trust
i. Building a sense of trust is not an appropriate developmental task of
adolescence.
b. Learning to utilize creative energies
i. Learning to utilize creative energies is not a developmental task of
adolescence.
c. Learning to defer gratification
i. Learning to defer gratification is not an appropriate
developmental task of adolescence.
d. Defining a sense of self
i. Establishing an identity or defining a sense of self is the major
adolescent developmental task.
2. A nurse is planning care for a 10-year-old child who will be hospitalized for an
extended period of time. Which of the following actions should the nurse include
in the plan of care to meet the client's psychosocial needs according to Erikson?
a. Arrange for a teacher to provide lesson plans.
b. Allow the client to select his own food from the menu.
c. Discourage visits from the client's friends.
d. Provide a daily session with a play therapist.
3. A nurse is assessing the psychosocial development of a toddler. The nurse
should recognize that this stage is characterized by which of the following?
a. Imaginary playmates
b. Erikson's stage of initiative versus guilt
c. Demonstrations of sexual curiosity
d. Negative behaviors characterized by the need for autonomy
4. A nurse has accepted a position on a pediatric unit and is learning about
psychosocial development. Place Erikson's stages of psychosocial
development in order from birth to adolescence. (Move the steps into the box
on the right, placing them in the selected order of performance. Use all the
steps.)
a. Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
b. Industry vs. inferiority
c. Identity vs. role confusion
d. Initiative vs. guilt
e. Trust vs. mistrust
i. Answer: E, A, D, B, C
5. A preschool age child copies circles, stacks 9-10 cubes, and dresses himself
without assistance. Which of Erickson's psychosocial stages should the child
be experiencing?
a. Trust vs. mistrust
b. Autonomy vs. shame and
doubtc. Initiative vs. guilt
d. Industry vs. inferiority
Communicati
on
, 6. A nurse is caring for a toddler who is experiencing separation anxiety. Which of
the following is anappropriate action for the nurse to take?
a. Explain to the toddler that her parents will return in one hour.
i. Toddlers have limited concept of time. Therefore, explaining to the
toddler that her parents will return in one hour is not an appropriate
action for the nurse to take.
b. Assist the parents to sneak out of the toddler’s room.
i. Parents are encouraged to tell their toddler that they are leaving to
prevent the uncertainty of their absence. Therefore, assisting the
parents to sneak out of the room is not an appropriate action for the
nurse to take.
c. Tell the parents about the reaction of the toddler while they were gone.
i. Telling the parents about the reaction of the toddler will ease the
stress of the separation.
d. Leave the toddler alone for five minutes to cry it out.
i. Toddlers that experience separation anxiety should not be left alone.
Therefore, this is not an appropriate action for the nurse to take.
