Deck 33: Growth and Development

Question 1

While analyzing the development of a 9-month-old infant,the nurse asks the mother whether the child actively looks for toys when they are placed out of sight.The nurse is determining whether the infant has developed:

A)Object permanence.
B)Centration.
C)Transductive reasoning.
D)Conservation.

Answer 1

Transductive reasoning.

Question 2

While in the pediatrician's office for their child's 12-month well child exam,the parents ask the nurse for advice on age-appropriate toys for their child.Based on the child's developmental level,the nurse should suggest which types of toys? Select all that apply.

A)Soft toys that can be manipulated and mouthed
B)Toys that can pop apart and go back together
C)Jack-in-the-box toys
D)Toys with black-and-white patterns
E)Push-and-pull toys

Answer 2

Jack-in-the-box toys

Question 3

While being comforted in the Emergency Department,the 7-year-old sibling of a pediatric trauma victim blurts out to the nurse,"It's all my fault! When we were fighting yesterday,I told him I wished he was dead!" The nurse,realizing that the child is experiencing magical thinking,should respond by:

A)Asking the child if he would like to sit down and drink some water.
B)Sitting the child down in an empty room with markers and paper so that he can draw a picture.
C)Calmly discussing the catheters,tubes,and equipment that the client requires,and explaining to the sibling why the client needs them.
D)Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean,but that we have no control over whether an accident happens.

Answer 3

Reassuring the child that it is normal to get angry and say things that we do not mean,but that we have no control over whether an accident happens.

Question 4

Utilizing Urie Bronfenbrenner's ecologic theory of development,the nurse caring for a child would discuss the parents' work environment as part of an assessment of that child's:

A)Macrosystem.
B)Exosystem.
C)Mesosystem.
D)Chronosystem.