Chapter 1 . Advanced Practice Nursing: Doing What Has to Be Done-Radicals, Renegades, and

Rebels

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The nurse manager of a pediatric clinic could confirm that the new nurse recognized the purpose

of the HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile when the new nurse responds that it is used to assess for

needs related to

a. anticipatory guidance.

b. low-risk adolescents.

c. physical development.

d. sexual development.

ANS: A

The HEADSS Adolescent Risk Profile is a psychosocial assessment screening tool which assesses

home, education, activities, drugs, sex, and suicide for the purpose of identifying high-risk

adolescents and the need for anticipatory guidance. It is used to identify high-risk, not low-risk,

adolescents. Physical development is assessed with anthropometric data. Sexual development is

assessed using physical examination.

REF: 6 OBJ: NCLEX Client Needs Category: Health Promotion and Maintenance

2. The nurse preparing a teaching plan for a preschooler knows that, according to Piaget, the

expected stage of development for a preschooler is

a. concrete operational.

b. formal operational.

c. preoperational.

d. sensorimotor.