Exam 11: Developmental Theories

The nurse is teaching a young-adult couple about promoting the health and psychosocial development of their 8-year-old child. Which information from the parent indicates a correct understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is using the proximodistal pattern to assess an infant's growth and development as normal. Which assessment finding will the nurse determine as normal?

A nurse is caring for a young adult after surgery. Which action by the nurse will be $\bold{priority}$ ?

A nurse is using Jean Piaget's developmental theory to focus on cognitive development. Which area will the nurse assess in this patient?

A nurse is assessing an 18-month-old toddler. The nurse distinguishes normal from abnormal findings by remembering Gesell's theory of development. Which information will the nurse consider?

A nurse is assessing temperaments of children. Which terms should the nurse use to describe findings? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old patient. Which object will the nurse allow the child to play with safely to foster cognitive development?

A nurse takes the history of a middle-aged patient in a health clinic. Which information indicates the patient has achieved generativity?

A nurse is working with a patient who wants needs to be met and is impatient and demanding when these needs are not met immediately. How should the nurse interpret this finding according to Freud?

Which action should the nurse take when teaching a 5-year-old patient about a scheduled surgery?

When caring for a middle-aged adult exhibiting maladaptive coping skills, the nurse is trying to determine the cause of the patient's behavior. Which information from a growth and development perspective should the nurse consider when planning care?

A formerly independent older adult becomes severely withdrawn upon admission to a nursing home. Which action should the nurse take $\bold{first}$ ?

A patient follows all the instructions a nurse provides because the patient wants to be perceived as a "good" patient. How should the nurse interpret this information according to moral development?

The nurse is caring for a 14-year-old patient in the hospital. Which goal will be $\bold{priority}$ ?

A nurse works on a pediatric unit and is using a psychosocial developmental approach to child care. In which order from the first to the last will the nurse place the developmental stages? 1) Initiative versus guilt 2) Trust versus mistrust 3) Industry versus inferiority 4) Identity versus role confusion 5) Autonomy versus shame and doubt

An 18-month-old patient is brought into the clinic for evaluation because the parent is concerned. The 18-month-old child hits siblings and says only "No" when communicating verbally. Which recommendation by the nurse will be best for this situation?

Which question will be $\bold{most}$ appropriate for a nurse to ask when assessing an adult patient for growth and developmental delays?

A nurse is measuring an infant's head circumference and height. Which area is the nurse assessing?

A nurse is assessing a 17-year-old adolescent's cognitive development. Which behavior indicates the adolescent has reached formal operations?

A nurse is developing a plan of care concerning growth and development for a hospitalized adolescent. What should the nurse do? (Select all that apply.)