In which stage children have the ability to perform abstract thought is also applied to future goals and aspirations:
- A. Pre-operational
- B. Concrete operational
- C. Sensorimotor
- D. Formal operational
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The formal operational stage (11+ years) enables abstract thought and planning, per Piaget.
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Unresolved conflicts during a psychosexual stage is called
- A. Repression
- B. Fixation
- C. Sublimation
- D. Projection
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Fixation (Freud) occurs when conflicts halt development at a stage.
By age 3 , the brain has reached almost
- A. 65
- B. 75
- C. 55
- D. 85
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: By age 3, a child's brain is about 75-80% of its adult weight, reflecting rapid early development.
The psychosexual stage associated with dependency is
- A. Oral
- B. Anal
- C. Phallic
- D. Genital
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The oral stage (birth-1 year, Freud) involves dependency on caregivers.
You are preparing to administer a PRN medication for pain. After your assessment of the client for pain you open the narcotics cabinet with the special key. Your calculations indicate that the client will be getting $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ of the medication and the unit dose vial is $1 \mathrm{~mL}$. You discard the excess of $0.2 \mathrm{mLs}$ into the sink drain and enter the client's room. After you identify the client using two unique identifiers, the client refuses the medication. You then discard the $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ into the sink and document the client's refusal on the narcotics count record. What have you failed to do during this process?
- A. You have failed to have another nurse witness the $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ and the $0.2 \mathrm{mLs}$ of waste.
- B. You have failed to have another nurse witness the $0.8 \mathrm{mLs}$ of waste.
- C. You have failed to have another nurse witness the $0.2 \mathrm{mLs}$ of waste.
- D. You have failed ask another nurse to verify the calculation of the dosage.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Narcotic waste (A) requires a witness for both amounts.
Two variables are said to be positively correlated when with in the value of one variable, the value of other variable also
- A. Fall, Rises
- B. Fall, falls
- C. No change, Rises
- D. Rise, fall
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Positive correlation means both variables rise together (e.g., age and vocabulary).