Exam 22: Growth and Development

The patient has been diagnosed with progressive Alzheimer's disease.Characteristics of this disease include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a 5-year-old child who is hospitalized for stabilization of asthma.To provide age-specific care,which of the following is the most appropriate action by the nurse?

According to one growth and development theorist,individuals need to accomplish a particular task before successfully completing the stage of growth and development.Each task is framed with opposing conflicts,such as trust versus mistrust.Who developed this theory?

Preconception counseling is a growing trend in health care with the goal being to secure the best outcome for mother,fetus,and significant others through good prenatal care and teaching that:

Postmenopausal women are at risk for skeletal changes.When developing a plan of care for postmenopausal women,a nurse should remember which of the following?

The mother of a toddler is concerned that her son is not eating enough,although he has not lost any weight.She tells the nurse that her son used to have a very good appetite,but now does not eat as much as he did a couple of months ago.What is the best response for the nurse to provide?

A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a middle-age patient.A normal change seen in this age group includes which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is providing prenatal education to a patient whose pregnancy has been confirmed.This is the patient's first pregnancy and she is in her first trimester.The nurse instructs the patient that she should stop smoking,avoid alcohol,and avoid eating king mackerel because of the high mercury content in the fish.Although this advice should be followed during the entire pregnancy,the fetus is most vulnerable to adverse effects in the _____ trimester.

A patient is experiencing incisional pain after an operation.When using Maslow's hierarchy of needs,the nurse realizes that for the patient to return to a prehospitalized status,the patient needs to progress beyond which of the following?

Polypharmacy is:

Which of the following people developed the theory of cognitive development that describes children's intellectual organization and how they think,reason,and perceive the world?

A pregnant teenager asks the clinic nurse why she cannot smoke during the first trimester.Remembering growth and development,what is the nurse's best response?

The nurse is caring for an older adult who seems depressed and states that "I hate going to Bingo.I'd really like to get back in shape.Maybe if I could join a health club,I could get back to feeling like myself." The nurse should do which of the following?

A recent graduate nurse has been assigned to be a primary nurse on a geriatric unit.After completing a review of development and aging,the nurse recalls that changes during the climacteric signify which of the following?

______ is an interaction of biological,sociological,and psychological forces.

An 11-year-old boy is being seen at the clinic for his annual check-up.As part of anticipatory guidance,the nurse instructs the boy's father that accidents and injuries are major health problems affecting school-age children and that the number one cause of death is in this age group is which of the following?

A student nurse is in her community health clinical rotation.She is visiting a family with a new baby.Which of the following statements made by the mother of a 1-month-old infant indicates the need for client education?

A student nurse who works in a pediatric clinic is assisting with an assessment on a young child who is not yet walking.She knows that it is considered a delayed gross motor ability if the child does not walk by _____ months.

A nurse is caring for a group of 6 and 7 year olds.The nurse remembers that,according to Kohlberg,moral development is a component of psychosocial development.Moral development depends on the child's ability to do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

A specific phase or period when the presence of a function or reasoning has its greatest effect on a specific aspect of development is referred to as: