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Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 10/E

Chapter 20

Question 1

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Development

2. Health

3. Growth

4. Bone size

Question 2

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Growth

2. Development

3. Height

4. Behavior

Question 3

Type: MCSA

A child is starting school and is being screened for certain developmental milestones. What is the nurse assessing

when determining how the child interacts with other children?

1. Temperament

2. Physical characteristics

3. Environment

4. Culture

Question 4

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Havighurst’s theory

2. Task theory

3. Psychosocial theory

4. Maturational theory

Question 5

Type: MCSA

A toddler shows fear and begins to cry when her parent leaves her at day care. According to Havighurst, which

developmental task should the nurse recognize this child is exhibiting?

1. Building wholesome attitudes toward oneself

2. Learning to get along with age-mates

3. Learning to relate emotionally

4. Achieving personal independence

Question 6

Type: MCSA

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?

1. “All children are curious, but make sure the child knows that this behavior might be offensive to others.”

2. “You should probably consult a child psychologist if you’re this concerned.”

3. “Let’s make sure to ask your physician at the next appointment.”

4. “This behavior is a normal part of your child’s development.”

Question 7

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Phallic

2. Latency

3. Genital

4. Anal

Question 8

Type: MCSA

A client is being seen in the mental health clinic for antisocial behavior. According to Erikson’s stages of

development, the nurse realizes that this client is dealing with which task of development?

1. Initiative versus guilt

2. Industry versus inferiority

3. Intimacy versus isolation

4. Identity versus role confusion

Question 9

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Body transcendence versus body preoccupation

2. Ego transcendence versus ego preoccupation

3. Ego differentiation versus work-role preoccupation

4. Integrity versus despair

Question 10

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Stage 2

2. Stage 3

3. Stage 4

4. Stage 5

Question 11

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Intuitive thought phase

2. Preconceptual phase

3. Concrete operations phase

4. Formal operations phase

Question 12

Type: MCSA

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?

1. The child wants the same toy to sleep with during naptime and bedtime.

2. The child merely watches as the other children pretend-play.

3. The child cries when the parents leave the unit.

4. The child does not cooperate with some of the treatments.

Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 10/E Test Bank

Question 13

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Vygotsky

2. Skinner

3. Kohlberg

4. Piaget

Question 14

Type: MCSA

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. From which stage of Gilligan’s theory is the educator approaching the teaching of students?

1. Stage 1

2. Stage 2

3. Stage 3

4. Stage 4

Question 15

Type: MCSA

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?

1. Mythic-lyrical