Exam 20: Concepts of Growth and Development

A nurse educator is working with students and assisting them in addressing their clients' spiritual needs.The educator understands that most traditional,second-year college students are aware of their own spiritual development or working to develop their own system of spirituality.The educator realizes that the students are in which stage of Fowler's developmental theory?

A client with an acute,serious illness has been hospitalized.Upon entering the room,the nurse observes the client praying.The client states to the nurse: "I don't know how people manage to get through difficult times without their faith.It's where I get my strength." With which theorist should the nurse associate this client's belief?

A young adult has never lived away from his parents and feels unable to make decisions on his own.According to Freud's theory of development,the nurse should suspect that this person would be fixated at which stage of development?

A nurse is working with the residents of an assisted living complex.When planning care for the old-old stage,the nurse realizes that what action will be important?

The nurse notes that a 20-month-old child is lagging in stage 6 of Piaget's phases of cognitive development.Which activity did the nurse observe that indicates that this child is struggling at this stage?

After analyzing behavior,the nurse determines that a client is demonstrating defense mechanisms.According to Freud,what should the nurse realize as being the cause of this behavior? (Select all that apply)

A parent tells the nurse that his child is quite creative and learning how to pretend with "almost anything in the house." According to Piaget,the nurse realizes this child is demonstrating which stage/phase?

A parent reports to the nurse that his child is learning new words faster than he can write them in the baby book.According to Piaget,the nurse realizes that this child is in which phase?

A college-age client shares that he is struggling with feelings of both independence and dependence regarding his family.The nurse recognizes this as which stage of development,according to Roger Gould?

The nurse is preparing a teaching session for a group of parents with newborn children.What should the nurse include about Bowlby's attachment theory during this presentation? (Select all that apply)

A client who has a terminal diagnosis has been using her time to help family members deal with her impending death.Among her activities,she collected pictures for a scrapbook and wrote a journal of favorite memories for family members to read after the client dies.According to Peck,the nurse realizes that this client is working through which developmental task?

A parent brings a 16-month-old child to the clinic for a well-child checkup.During the assessment,the nurse finds that the child cannot stand next to furniture and does not try to pull himself up from a sitting position.In which process should the nurse identify that this child is lagging?

The nurse is plotting the height and weight of children during a school assessment clinic.Which aspect of the children's health is the nurse assessing?

The nurse is discussing human growth and development with the parents of a newborn.What should the nurse include in this discussion? (Select all that apply)

A nurse is working with a school-age client who is learning how to use a peak flow meter to monitor his asthma.The child has been frustrated at first,but now is able to give the reason to use the meter on a daily basis.Remembering the growth and development characteristics of the adolescent,how should the nurse respond to this client?

A parent is concerned that her child is unable to sit alone.The nurse explains that development is based on in-born timetables and the child will be most likely able to meet this milestone at a specific time.Upon which theory did the nurse base the response to the client?

A community health nurse is planning adult health education classes.According to Erikson's stages of development,the nurse should address which task with this age group?

A parent brings her baby in for a well-child checkup.Which action of the child should the nurse identify as an indicator of positive resolution of the central task of this age?

A parent is concerned that her 5-year-old is beginning to masturbate.How should the nurse,familiar with Freud's stages of development,respond?

The nurse is exploring the behavior of children and how they interpret right from wrong or bad from good.Which theorist should the nurse study to learn this information?