Exam 21: Promoting Health From Conception Through Adolescence

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?

The school nurse determines that a 14-year-old student has reached an expected level of cognitive development.What did the nurse assess to come to this conclusion? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

A toilet-trained 4-year-old hospitalized for several days with an acute illness has been wetting the bed at night and is having incontinent accidents during the day.How should the nurse address the parent's concern about this behavior?

New parents ask if their 8-month-old baby is performing activities that are expected at this age.What should the nurse suggest to screen this baby's developmental level?

A school nurse is working with teachers in helping them address the developmental needs of grade school students,according to Erikson's theory of industry versus inferiority.Which activities should the nurse suggest?

A school nurse is implementing a program to promote psychosocial development among adolescent teens at a high school.Which activity should the nurse include?

A nurse is teaching a class to new parents on how to handle some of the behaviors that could be demonstrated by toddlers.One of the parents asks what to do when her child throws a temper tantrum.How should the nurse respond to this parent?

An adolescent comes to the school nurse's office seeking advice about his friends and feeling pressure to participate in activities with which he isn't comfortable,such as drinking parties and sexual explorations.What should the nurse do?

Parents of a newborn ask the nurse why their newborn's head seems lopsided and not round,as they thought it should be.How should the nurse respond to these parents?

An expectant parent asks the nurse about health problems of newborns.On what should the nurse provide information to this client? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

The nurse suspects that an adolescent is working through the stages of spiritual development.What observations did the nurse make to come to this conclusion? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

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

A teenage girl spends most of her free time with friends.In sharing their concerns about this behavior with the school nurse,the parents are worried about their child seeming to draw away from them.What should the nurse respond to the parents?

The parents of a newborn ask what their baby can see.What should the nurse respond to these parents?

A school health nurse is working on education programs for high school students.As part of the plan,the nurse wants to address health concern topics besides the dangers of unprotected sex or drug and alcohol abuse.Which class topic should the nurse present to these students?

At birth a baby weighed 8 lb.What should the nurse expect this baby to weight at the age of 1?

A client comes to the women's clinic,stating she has had a positive home pregnancy test.The client states that her last menstrual cycle was 2 months ago.According to this time frame,the nurse determines that the client is in which stage of pregnancy?

The nurse is preparing to instruct a client about nutritional needs before and during pregnancy.What should the nurse encourage the patient to consume in order to meet the requirements for folic acid?

The nurse is completing a health history with a client who is 10 weeks pregnant.Which factor should the nurse identify as increasing this client's risk for a spontaneous abortion?

The nurse is preparing a teaching session for pregnant clients that reviews the fetal growth and development that occurs in the first 3 weeks post-conception.What should the nurse include in this teaching? Standard Text: Select all that apply.