Exam 9: Growth and Development Throughout the Lifespan

The mother of a 9-year-old boy becomes concerned when he will not stop crying or clinging to her. A nurse explains to the mother that the child may be showing signs of ____________________, or a returning to earlier behaviors that may occur in school-age children when they feel insecure and threatened by treatments.

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Rationale: Regression, or returning to earlier behaviors, may occur in school-age children when they feel insecure and threatened by treatments. A nurse may see an 8- or 10-year-old crying, clinging to his or her parent, or having a temper tantrum. Nurses should remember to consider the illness and treatment from the child's view to understand the reaction.

When performing a physical assessment on a neonate, a nurse notes a triangular-shaped soft area that is not yet fused together toward the back of the top of the head. The nurse should

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A nurse recognizes that the ability to think at higher levels and develop a value system that differentiates right from wrong is called

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A nurse is caring for a patient who has been attending a local university to earn a law degree. The patient states, "I want to earn my degree so that I can fight for justice and human rights for people throughout the world." The nurse recognizes that the patient is in which stage of Lawrence Kohlberg's moral development theory?

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Adolescence includes a period of rapid growth referred to as puberty. During this period, girls develop breasts and boys develop facial hair. A nurse identifies these changes as a normal stage of

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A nurse recognizes that the type of development that occurs throughout one's life in distinct stages, each stage requiring that specific tasks must be mastered, is called

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A nursing instructor is explaining safety issues for preschoolers and school-age children. The instructor realizes that a student requires additional instruction when the student begins focusing on

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Question 7

The psychoanalyst who theorized that psychosocial development occurs throughout one's life in distinct stages is

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Question 8

According to Piaget, young school-age children, up to age 7 years, are making a transition to concrete operational thought. A nurse identifies that an example of this would be

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Question 9

When teaching a student nurse about performing an assessment on a neonate, a nurse strokes the sole of the infant's foot, which causes fanning of the toes while the great toe pulls upward. The nurse teaches the student nurse that this assessment finding is

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Question 10

When helping teens understand how to prevent accidents and injuries, a nurse should caution them about which of the following?

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Question 11

When supervising a certified nursing assistant (CNA) caring for a toddler, a nurse intervenes when

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Question 12

A nurse recognizes that how an individual learns is called

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Question 13

A nurse explains to young parents that adolescence is a time of conflict, and that wise parents expect older adolescents to pull away, to be somewhat critical of them, and to feel ____________________ toward them, or have opposing feelings about them.

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A nurse recognizes that the physical size and functioning of a person is called

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Question 15

The developmental psychologist who defined faith as a universal concern that is a process of developing trust and who developed six stages of spiritual development is

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Question 16

A nurse witnesses a young patient watching his older sibling and then imitating everything the older sibling does. The nurse identifies this as an example of the cognitive development of

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Question 17

The mother of a 1-year-old child asks a nurse how much her child should weigh. The nurse asks the mother what the child weighed at birth. The mother responds that the child weighed 7 pounds and 8 ounces at birth. The nurse tells the mother that the child's weight at 1 year of age should be

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Question 18

When a nurse sees an infant picking up items and immediately putting them in his or her mouth, the nurse identifies that the infant is encouraging cognitive development through

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Question 19

A nursing instructor supervises a student nurse who is administering an intramuscular analgesic medication to a school-age child. The nursing instructor intervenes when the student nurse tells the child:

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Exam 9: Growth and Development Throughout the Lifespan

When performing a physical assessment on a neonate, a nurse notes a triangular-shaped soft area that is not yet fused together toward the back of the top of the head. The nurse should

A nurse recognizes that the ability to think at higher levels and develop a value system that differentiates right from wrong is called

Adolescence includes a period of rapid growth referred to as puberty. During this period, girls develop breasts and boys develop facial hair. A nurse identifies these changes as a normal stage of

A nurse recognizes that the type of development that occurs throughout one's life in distinct stages, each stage requiring that specific tasks must be mastered, is called

A nursing instructor is explaining safety issues for preschoolers and school-age children. The instructor realizes that a student requires additional instruction when the student begins focusing on

The psychoanalyst who theorized that psychosocial development occurs throughout one's life in distinct stages is

According to Piaget, young school-age children, up to age 7 years, are making a transition to concrete operational thought. A nurse identifies that an example of this would be

When teaching a student nurse about performing an assessment on a neonate, a nurse strokes the sole of the infant's foot, which causes fanning of the toes while the great toe pulls upward. The nurse teaches the student nurse that this assessment finding is

When helping teens understand how to prevent accidents and injuries, a nurse should caution them about which of the following?

When supervising a certified nursing assistant (CNA) caring for a toddler, a nurse intervenes when

A nurse recognizes that how an individual learns is called

A nurse explains to young parents that adolescence is a time of conflict, and that wise parents expect older adolescents to pull away, to be somewhat critical of them, and to feel ____________________ toward them, or have opposing feelings about them.

A nurse recognizes that the physical size and functioning of a person is called

The developmental psychologist who defined faith as a universal concern that is a process of developing trust and who developed six stages of spiritual development is

A nurse witnesses a young patient watching his older sibling and then imitating everything the older sibling does. The nurse identifies this as an example of the cognitive development of

The mother of a 1-year-old child asks a nurse how much her child should weigh. The nurse asks the mother what the child weighed at birth. The mother responds that the child weighed 7 pounds and 8 ounces at birth. The nurse tells the mother that the child's weight at 1 year of age should be

When a nurse sees an infant picking up items and immediately putting them in his or her mouth, the nurse identifies that the infant is encouraging cognitive development through

A nursing instructor supervises a student nurse who is administering an intramuscular analgesic medication to a school-age child. The nursing instructor intervenes when the student nurse tells the child:

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