Infants
Children younger than _____ tend to have less negative reactions to the hospital
What is 7 months?
What is Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt?
_____ is the age most vulnerable to the effects of the hospital
Preschool (7months-4 years)
According to Erickson, school age patients are exploring this dilemma
What is industry vs. inferiority?
This age group is considered the most vulnerable of the adolescents
What is middle adolescence
States that a parent can transmit stress to a child
What is the Contagion hypothesis
The child life specialist should advocate for this during patient care, as often as possible
What is parental participation?
The greatest hospital related fears for children in the preschool stage
Bodily harm, mutilation, castration, pain
Maintaining ______ is a primary concern of children of this age
What is control?
Teens are most concerned with this during their hospitalization (list of 4)
What are privacy, body image, effects on sexual relationships, effects on social relationships?
This theorist would describe infants' main purpose as "exploring the world and oneself"
Who is Piaget?
_____ should be provided to a toddler to help him better function within the hospital environment
Limits and boundaries
_____ is an intervention that allows preschool aged children to exercise control over medical materials they may deem threatening or scary
medical play
School agers are better at reason and logic than preschoolers, diminishing their participation in this
What is magical thinking?
The child life specialist should work to provide opportunities for this during a hospital stay
What is socialization?
This type of toy teaches a child that they can influence the environment around them
What is cause and effect?
Piaget's stages for this age group
The child life specialist should advocate for this relationship to be preserved during hospitalization
What is the parent-child relationship?
School aged children better understand a series of logical events or that their actions have these
What are consequences?
Erickson believes that adolescents are working to resolve this part of themselves
What is identity?
The three primary stressors of this age group in the hospital
What is
•Separation
•Lack of Stimulation
•Pain
A hospitalized toddler is put in BIL armboards to protect his IV, causing him to lose his ability to feed himself.
What is forced regression?
Preparation for this group should include this type of language, including sensory experiences, to aid in understanding.
What is concrete language?
Anesthesia is often difficult for many school aged children because it requires this
What is loss of control?
Although adolescents often look like adults, this part of their brain is not fully developed, which controls complex cognitive behavior, personality expression, decision making, and moderating social behavior.
What is the prefrontal cortex?