Exam 18: Development From Conception Through Adolescence

Melissa,14,spends most of her free time with friends or at school.Sharing their concerns about this behaviour with the school nurse,the parents are worried about their child seeming to draw away from them.What is the best approach to suggest to the parents?

When the nurse strokes the sole of a two-year-old client's foot,the big toe rises and the other toes fan out.How should this be interpreted by the nurse?

New parents are concerned about the things their baby can do at the age of 8 months.The nurse might suggest screening the baby with which of the following?

The assimilation of the attributes of others is one of four adaptive mechanisms of the preschooler,according to Freud (1923).What is the term used to define this mechanism?

A school nurse is working with teachers in helping them address the developmental needs of grade school students,utilizing Erikson's theory of industry versus inferiority.Which of the following activities would be appropriate?

During the phase of Piaget's concrete operations,which of the following behaviours would you expect a child to manifest?

What should the nurse include in teaching parents about toddlers' temper tantrums?

Ms.Kinder,22,asks the nurse why her newborn son's head seems lopsided and not round.How should the nurse respond?

The school nurse is teaching a group of parents and their teenage sons a class about puberty and sexual growth.A parent asks "Does fertility coincide with ejaculation?" How should the nurse respond?

What is the primary form of non-suicidal self-harm most prevalent in adolescents?

A baby was born prematurely during the sixth month of pregnancy.The new parents question the nurse about the hair all over their baby's body.What is the nurse's best response?

According to Erikson,what is the central developmental task of the preschooler (ages 4 to 5 years)?

A school health nurse wants to address health concerns of high school students.Which of the following topics would be appropriate to present?

Which of the following clients should the nurse recognize as having delayed development?

A preschool class is being screened by a group of nursing students who are working in a community health course.Few of the children have 20/20 vision.Most have 20/30,and some have 20/40.What should the nursing students report to their instructor?

During an auditory screening of third graders,the school nurse identifies a hearing deficit for one of the students.When the parents ask the nurse about the findings,how should the nurse respond?

Anna,4,is in hospital and her parents are concerned because she has begun wetting the bed at night,although she had control of bowel and bladder prior to hospitalization.What do the parents need to be told?

Mrs.Pendergrast,32,is curious about what her newborn daughter,Beth,can see.What is the correct explanation by the nurse?

Ms.Sawicki,23,has just experienced a spontaneous abortion.Which of the following factors would indicate that she is at risk for this to occur in a future pregnancy?

An infant is born with a heart rate of 92,its body pink,extremities blue,respirations regular,and crying while actively moving all arms and legs.What is the Apgar score for this infant?