Exam 5: Developmental and Genetic Influences on Child Health Promotion

A nurse has completed a teaching session for adolescents regarding lymphoid tissue growth.Which statement,by the adolescents,indicates understanding of the teaching?

Parents of an 8-year-old child ask the nurse how many inches their child should grow each year.The nurse bases the answer on the knowledge that after age 7 years,school-age children usually grow what number of inches per year?

A nurse is planning play activities for school-age children.Which type of a play activity should the nurse plan?

Which statement is true about the basal metabolic rate (BMR)in children?

According to Kohlberg,children develop moral reasoning as they mature.Which statement is most characteristic of a preschooler's stage of moral development?

A nurse is counseling an adolescent,in her second month of pregnancy,about the risk of teratogens.The adolescent has understood the teaching if she makes which statement?

The nurse observes some children in the playroom.Which play situation exhibits the characteristics of parallel play?

A nurse is observing children at play.Which figure depicts associative play?

Trauma to which site can result in a growth problem for children's long bones?

A nurse is conducting parenting classes for parents of children ranging in ages 2 to 7 years.The parents understand the term egocentrism when they indicate it means:

What factors indicate parents should seek genetic counseling for their child? (Select all that apply.)

A child's skeletal age is best determined by:

A visitor arrives at a daycare center during lunch time.The preschool children think that every time they have lunch a visitor will arrive.Which preoperational characteristic is being displayed?

A mother reports that her 6-year-old child is highly active,irritable,and irregular in habits and that the child adapts slowly to new routines,people,or situations.The nurse should chart this type of temperament as:

Parents express concern that their pubertal daughter is taller than the boys in her class.The nurse should respond with which statement regarding how the onset of pubertal growth spurt compares in girls and boys?

Play serves many purposes.In teaching parents about appropriate activities,the nurse should inform them that play serves which of the following function? (Select all that apply.)

An infant gains head control before sitting unassisted.The nurse recognizes that this is which type of development?

Place in order the sequence of cephalocaudal development that the nurse expects to find in the infant.Begin with the first development expected,sequencing to the final.Provide answer using lowercase letters separated by commas (e.g.,a,b,c,d). A) Crawl B) Sit unsupported C) Lift head when prone D) Gain complete head control E) Walk

A nurse is preparing to administer a Denver II.Which is a correct statement about the Denver II? (Select all that apply.)

Parents are asking the clinic nurse about an appropriate toy for their toddler.Which response by the nurse is appropriate?