Question 1

A student nurse is undertaking her first clinical practicum at a local health service. She is observing and thinking about how the preceptor is behaving during her daily work. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  operant learning. 
B)  social learning. 
C)  behaviourism. 
D)  stimulus learning.

Question 2

A nurse is working with the residents of an assisted living complex. When planning care for the old-old stage, the nurse realises that it will be important to:

Accepted Answer

A)  allow as much independence for the residents as possible. 
B)  maintain peer interactions and social groups. 
C)  make sure to provide safety measures as needed. 
D)  provide as much care to the residents as possible.

Question 3

A 20-month-old child is a client on the paediatric unit of a hospital. The nurse notices that this child is lagging in stage 6 of Piaget's phases of cognitive development. Which activity would indicate that this child is struggling at this stage?

Accepted Answer

A)  The child merely watches as the other children pretend-play. 
B)  The child cries when the parents leave the unit. 
C)  The child wants the same toy to sleep with during naptime and bedtime. 
D)  The child does not cooperate with some of the treatments.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Identity versus inferiority. 
B)  Intimacy versus isolation. 
C)  Generativity versus stagnation. 
D)  Identity versus role confusion.

Question 5

A parent brings a 16-month-old child to the clinic for a well-child check-up. 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. The child is lagging in which of the following processes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Height. 
B)  Development. 
C)  Growth. 
D)  Behaviour.

Question 6

A nurse is plotting the height and weight of children during a school assessment clinic. Monitoring these patterns is assessing which aspect of a child's health?

Accepted Answer

A)  Development. 
B)  Health. 
C)  Bone size. 
D)  Growth.

Question 7

A nurse educator is working with students and assisting them in addressing their clients' spiritual needs. The educator understands that most traditional, second-year university students are aware of their own spiritual development or working to develop their own system of spirituality. Fowler (Fowler, Streib & Keller, 2004) describes this stage as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Universalising. 
B)  Intuitive-projective. 
C)  Individuating-reflexive. 
D)  Mythic-lyrical.

Question 8

A nurse educator believes that teaching students without caring about them is an exercise in futility. This educator also believes that in meeting the students' needs, educators must also work to take care of themselves and care for their own needs. This educator's ideals represent which of Gilligan's (1982) stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stage 1. 
B)  Stage 2. 
C)  Stage 3. 
D)  Stage 4.

Exam 21: Concepts of Growth and Development