Exam 11: Growth and Development: Infancy Through Adolescence

The nurse explains that babies can lift their heads before they can lift their chests, control their shoulders before they control their arms and fingers, sit before they stand, and crawl before they walk. This is a result of _________ development.

When a 4-year-old boy announces that he is going to marry his mother, the nurse recognizes that this statement is an indicator that he is in the Freudian stage of:

The school nurse is teaching parents of fifth graders (10-year-olds) about the physical changes of puberty that they can expect in their children, such as:

A 15-year-old girl reports to the school nurse that she feels she does not fit in and feels near tears all the time. She states her grades are declining. The nurse's best approach to this situation would be:

A 10-year-old girl has recently grown 3 inches and gained 20 pounds. She began having menstrual periods and is embarrassed about her breast development. The parents are concerned about her complaints of fatigue. The most helpful response from the nurse would be to suggest:

A nurse arranges for cooperative play in a pediatric unit by:

An anxious father-to-be tells the nurse that his wife's due date was 5 days ago and there are still no signs of labor. The nurse's most helpful response would be:

The nurse emphasizes the influences that help maintain a healthy pregnancy, which are: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse teaches a woman who is considering pregnancy that her intake of folic acid to help prevent congenital abnormalities should be _____ mcg/day.

The nurse clarifies that growth differs from development in that growth:

Parents of a 5-month-old ask the nurse what they can feed their infant besides breast milk. The nurse would appropriately suggest: (Select all that apply.)

The pediatric nurse identifies egocentrism in a:

A parent asks the nurse about how to discipline her 2-year-old who has become uncooperative and negative and is having temper tantrums. The most helpful suggestion made by the nurse would be for the parent to deal with this normal behavior by:

A nurse encourages the father of a newborn infant to hold the baby close, talk softly, stroke the baby's fingers, and make eye contact in order to:

The risk for poisoning is most likely in a situation in which a:

The nurse uses a diagram to show that the fetal prenatal period begins after the _______ week.

A child who can draw pictures of objects not in evidence in the room is exhibiting Piaget's:

A parent asks how long she should enforce a "time out" for her 4-year-old, who frequently hits her younger brother and takes his toys. The nurse recommends _____ minutes.

The nurse tells a parent of adolescents that teenage pregnancies, although on the decline, often result in the baby having:

When a 3-year-old toddler repeatedly tries to reach some cookies on top of a counter and then, after several failures to do so, drags a chair over to the counter and climbs on the chair to get the cookies, she is exhibiting: