ATI PEDS PROCTORED 2019 STUDY GUIDE Developmental Stages –infants to adolescents
The clinic nurse is preparing to explain the concepts of
... [Show More] Kohlberg's theory of moral development
with a parent. The nurse should tell the parent that which factor motivates good and bad actions
for the child at the preconventional level?
1. Peer pressure
2. Social pressure
3. Parents' behavior
4. Punishment and reward
The maternity nurse is providing instructions to a new mother regarding the psychosocial
development of the newborn infant. Using Erikson's psychosocial development theory, the nurse
instructs the mother to take which measure?
1. Allow the newborn infant to signal a need.
2. Anticipate all needs of the newborn infant.
3. Attend to the newborn infant immediately when crying.
4. Avoid the newborn infant during the first 10 minutes of crying.
The nurse notes that a 6-year-old child does not recognize that objects exist even when the
objects are outside of the visual field. Based on this observation, which action should the nurse
take?
1. Report the observation to the health care provider.
2. Move the objects in the child's direct field of vision.
3. Teach the child how to visually scan the environment.
4. Provide additional lighting for the child during play activities.
A nursing student is presenting a clinical conference to peers regarding Freud's psychosexual
stages of development, specifically the anal stage. The student explains to the group that which
characteristic relates to this stage of development?
1. This stage is associated with toilet training.
2. This stage is characterized by the gratification of self.
3. This stage is characterized by a tapering off of conscious biological and sexual urges.
4. This stage is associated with pleasurable and conflicting feelings about the genital organs.
The nurse is describing Piaget's cognitive developmental theory to pediatric nursing staff. The
nurse should tell that staff that which child behavior is characteristic of the formal operations
stage?
1. The child has the ability to think abstractly [Show Less]