Chapter 10: Developmental Processes

Chapter 10: Developmental Processes

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. What should a nurse take into consideration regarding developmental tasks when planning patient care?

a.	All of the activities performed throughout life
b.	Activities learned primarily in the middle years of life
c.	Things to be learned and accomplished in each stage of life
d.	All actions taken when confronted with specific problems

 

 

ANS:  C

Developmental processes are changes that present challenges that must be undertaken and mastered for a person to go on to the next stage successfully.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 129             OBJ:   1

TOP:   Developmental Tasks                      KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Planning

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development

 

2. An unmarried 21-year-old patient is admitted to the hospital. During his hospitalization, he has visitors from work and church who come and go continuously. What part of the developmental process of young adults does this display?

a.	Young adults require many superficial relationships.
b.	Young adults do not require much rest for recovery.
c.	Young adults are socially oriented.
d.	Young adults need to combat loneliness.

 

 

ANS:  C

Developmental tasks for young adults center on acceptance of self, independence, intimacy, and social interactions.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 129             OBJ:   3

TOP:   Developmental Tasks: Young Adulthood

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development

 

3. What does intimacy accomplish when developed in a relationship?

a.	Allows for sexual expression
b.	Gives priority to the well-being of another over one’s own
c.	Guarantees a suitable setting for the selection of a partner
d.	Requires exclusion of all others

 

 

ANS:  B

Intimacy refers to a situation in which the well-being of another takes priority. Intimacy does not guarantee a suitable spouse nor require that other interpersonal relations be abandoned.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 129             OBJ:   1

TOP:   Developmental Tasks: Young Adulthood

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Implementation

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development

 

4. Which behavior is not characteristic of a young adult’s developmental task?

a.	Living in his or her own apartment
b.	Accepting a place on the board of a community agency
c.	Interacting with a large group of friends
d.	Dating many different young women

 

 

ANS:  D

As young adults enter their 30s and 40s, their focus is directed mainly toward raising a family and furthering their career. A heterosexual intimate relationship is not in keeping with developmental tasks.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 120-130      OBJ:   1

TOP:   Developmental Tasks: Young Adulthood

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Assessment

MSC:  NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and Development

 

5. What should young adults be thinking about by the age of 35 years?

a.	Leaving home and establishing their own lives
b.	Establishing career goals
c.	New career paths
d.	Health promotion for the prevention of chronic disease

 

 

ANS:  D

In the years between 30 and 45 years, especially after age 35 years, young adults should begin to think about the prevention of chronic illness, particularly cancer and heart disease.

 

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   p. 131             OBJ:   3

TOP:   Developmental Tasks: Young Adulthood                          KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A

MSC:   NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Prevention and Early Detection of Disease