Chapter 20 Kozier And Erbs Fundamentals of Nursing 10th Edition by Berman Snyder

Chapter 20 Kozier And Erbs Fundamentals of Nursing 10th Edition by Berman Snyder

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

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

Correct Answer: 3

Rationale 1: Development is an increase in the complexity of function and skill progression. It is the capacity and skill of a person to adapt to the environment.

Rationale 2: Health is a dynamic process with varying definitions, all of which point to well-being.

Rationale 3: Growth refers to physical change and increase in size. Indicators include height, weight, bone size, and dentition.

Rationale 4: Bone size is one of the indicators of growth.

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

Client Need Sub:

QSEN Competencies: 1.A. 1. Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient centered care

AACN Essentials Competencies: IX. 1. Conduct comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in patients, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches

NLN Competencies: Context and Environment; Practice; conduct population-based transcultural health assessments and interventions

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Assessment

Learning Outcome: 1. Differentiate between the terms growth and development.

MNL Learning Outcome: 2.1.2. Analyze the school-age child and adolescent’s physiologic and psychosocial development.

Page Number: 312

 

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

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: Growth is physical change and increase in size.

Rationale 2: Development is an increase in the complexity of function and skill progression. It is the behavioral aspect of growth—the person’s ability to walk, talk, and run, for example.

Rationale 3: Height is one of the indicators of growth.

Rationale 4: Behavior is a component of the developmental stage.

Global Rationale:

 

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

Client Need Sub:

QSEN Competencies: 1.A. 1. Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient centered care

AACN Essentials Competencies: IX. 1. Conduct comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in patients, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches

NLN Competencies: Context and Environment; Practice; conduct population-based transcultural health assessments and interventions

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Assessment

Learning Outcome: 1. Differentiate between the terms growth and development.

MNL Learning Outcome: 2.1.1. Analyze the infant, toddler, and preschooler’s physiologic and psychosocial development.

Page Number: 312

 

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

Correct Answer: 1

Rationale 1: Temperament is the way individuals respond to their external and internal environment and sets the stage for the interactive dynamics of growth and development.

Rationale 2: Physical characteristics include eye color and potential height and do not affect how children interact, for the most part.

Rationale 3: Environment includes family, religion, climate, culture, school, community, and nutrition and would not play as big of a role in how the child responds to peers as temperament does.

Rationale 4: Culture is part of environmental factors.

Global Rationale:

Page Reference: 355

 

Cognitive Level: Analyzing

Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance

Client Need Sub:

QSEN Competencies: 1.A. 1. Integrate understanding of multiple dimensions of patient centered care

AACN Essentials Competencies: IX. 1. Conduct comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in patients, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches

NLN Competencies: Context and Environment; Practice; conduct population-based transcultural health assessments and interventions

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Nursing Process: Assessment

Learning Outcome: 4. Explain the concept of temperament.

MNL Learning Outcome: 2.1.2. Analyze the school-age child and adolescent’s physiologic and psychosocial development.

Page Number: 312