Exam 11: Growth and Development: Infancy Through Adolescence

When the nurse makes a loud noise near the infant, the infant reacts by arching his back and assuming a typical posture with flexion and adduction of the extremities, and his fingers fan initially. This is called the _____ reflex.

An 11-year-old who obeys all the rules set down by the teacher to avoid guilt or disapproval is acting out Kohlberg's theory of:

The nurse reminds parents that infants who have developed trust by the age of 6 months will be able to:

An 8-year-old's mother asked the child to set the table, but then remarked that it was not very neat and then reset the table herself. According to Erikson, this sort of behavior on the part of the mother will cause the child to feel:

The school nurse recognizes that the adolescent most at risk for a problem relative to body image would be the 15-year-old:

A nurse assessing a 13-year-old girl observes that she has begun her menstruation cycle. The nurse is aware the hormone responsible for this change is:

During the first trimester of pregnancy, the most important teaching a nurse can provide the expectant mother is:

The school nurse is alert to the behavior of a child who has extremely permissive parents, because this sort of parenting style produces children who are:

A person who demonstrates the ability to logically manipulate abstract and unobservable concepts is in which stage of Jean Piaget's cognitive development theory?

The nurse is aware that according to Piaget's theory, the child's cognitive development is:

The mother of a 13-year-old girl tells the school nurse that her daughter will appear one day neatly dressed and groomed and the next will have on tattered jeans and a t-shirt and untidy hair. The nurse realizes that these are "trials" to find:

The nurse instructs the parents that emotional intelligence can be supported in a child by the parents:

The school nurse reminds the 8th grade boys' physical education classes to make time for warm-up exercises and stretching before strenuous physical activity because:

The nurse instructs the mother of an infant about infant safety factors. The nurse would assess the need for further instruction if the caregiver states:

The anxious father-to-be asks the nurse when the sex of the fetus can be determined. The nurse's answer is based on the knowledge that the external genitalia appear in the _____ month.

In planning anticipatory guidance for the parents of an 18-month-old child at a well child clinic, the nurse should include information about the:

The nurse points out that an infant who pulls at a drawer handle to open a drawer that holds a toy that is out of view is exhibiting:

A nurse would expect a child of 2 years to communicate in:

Based on the theory of Erikson, the nurse advises that the best discipline for an adolescent would be to:

A school nurse suspects that a 7-year-old child at the school is being physically abused. The nurse should: