Chapter 15: An Overview of Growth, Development, and Nutrition

Chapter 15: An Overview of Growth, Development, and Nutrition

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. What type of development is the nurse assessing when an infant can lift his or her head before he or she can sit?

ANS:  C

Cephalocaudal development proceeds from head to toe.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 353, Figure 15-1

OBJ:   1                    TOP:   Cephalocaudal Development

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Data Collection

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

2. What is a unique organization of characteristics that determines an individual’s pattern of behavior?

ANS:  C

One definition of personality states that it is a unique organization of characteristics that determines the individual’s typical or recurrent pattern of behavior.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge            REF:   Page 360        OBJ:   1

TOP:   Personality Development                 KEY:  Nursing Process Step: N/A

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

3. An infant’s birth weight is 7 pounds, 8 ounces. What can the nurse project the weight to be at 6 months?

ANS:  B

An infant usually doubles his or her birth weight by 5 to 6 months.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                REF:   Page 353, Figure 15-1

OBJ:   4                    TOP:   Weight Prediction

KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Data Collection

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

4. What would the nurse further investigate when assessing patterns of growth in a child?

ANS:  A

The child showing a difference of two or more percentile levels from an established growth pattern should undergo further evaluation.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analysis                REF:   Page 356        OBJ:   4

TOP:   Growth           KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Data Collection

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

5. A mother reports that she and her husband have had one child together, but both have children from previous marriages living in their home. The nurse will base the care planning on what type of family?

ANS:  B

A blended family involves the remarriage of persons with children.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Comprehension     REF:   Page 359, Table 15-1

OBJ:   6 | 7                TOP:   The Family     KEY:  Nursing Process Step: Planning

MSC:   NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Psychosocial Adaptation