Carman Essentials of Pediatric Nursing
3rd Ed - Ch. 6 Growth and Development
of the School-Aged Child 2025/2026
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The nurse is about to see a 9-year-old girl for a well-child check-up. Knowing that
the child is in Piaget's period of concrete operational thought, which characteristic
should the child display?
a. Consider an action and its consequences
b. View the world in terms of her own experience
c. Make generalized assumptions about groups of things
d. Know lying is bad because she gets sent to her room for it - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Answer: a
The child will be able to consider an action and its consequences in Piaget's period
of concrete operational thought. However, she is now able to empathize with
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, others. She is more adept at classifying and dividing things into sets. Defining
lying as bad because she gets punished for it is a Kohlberg characteristic.
The nurse is educating the parents of a 6-year-old boy how to manage the child's
introduction into elementary school. The child has an easy temperament. Which
should the nurse suggest?
a. Comforting the child when he is frustrated
b. Helping the child deal with minor stresses
c. Scheduling several visits to the school before classes start
d. Being firm with episodes of moodiness and irritability - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Answer: b
The child with an easy temperament will adapt to school with only minor stresses.
The slow-to-warm child will experience frustration. The difficult child will be
moody and irritable and may benefit from a preschool visit.
The mother of a 7-year-old girl is asking the nurse's advice about getting her
daughter a two-wheel bike. Which response by the nurse is most important?
a. "Teach her where she'll land on the grass if she falls."
b. "Be sure to get the proper size bike."
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3rd Ed - Ch. 6 Growth and Development
of the School-Aged Child 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Answers | 100%
Solved
The nurse is about to see a 9-year-old girl for a well-child check-up. Knowing that
the child is in Piaget's period of concrete operational thought, which characteristic
should the child display?
a. Consider an action and its consequences
b. View the world in terms of her own experience
c. Make generalized assumptions about groups of things
d. Know lying is bad because she gets sent to her room for it - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Answer: a
The child will be able to consider an action and its consequences in Piaget's period
of concrete operational thought. However, she is now able to empathize with
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, others. She is more adept at classifying and dividing things into sets. Defining
lying as bad because she gets punished for it is a Kohlberg characteristic.
The nurse is educating the parents of a 6-year-old boy how to manage the child's
introduction into elementary school. The child has an easy temperament. Which
should the nurse suggest?
a. Comforting the child when he is frustrated
b. Helping the child deal with minor stresses
c. Scheduling several visits to the school before classes start
d. Being firm with episodes of moodiness and irritability - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Answer: b
The child with an easy temperament will adapt to school with only minor stresses.
The slow-to-warm child will experience frustration. The difficult child will be
moody and irritable and may benefit from a preschool visit.
The mother of a 7-year-old girl is asking the nurse's advice about getting her
daughter a two-wheel bike. Which response by the nurse is most important?
a. "Teach her where she'll land on the grass if she falls."
b. "Be sure to get the proper size bike."
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