Infant Milestones & Reflexes
Stroke an infant's cheek or edge of the mouth, and they will turn their head toward that side and begin sucking motions
What is the Rooting Reflex?
According to Erikson, school-age children (ages 6 to 12) navigate this psychosocial stage centered on task accomplishment and competence
What is Industry vs. Inferiority?
When calculating fluid output from diapers, 1 gram of wet diaper weight converts to this volume of urine
What is 1 mL?
When measuring a tympanic temperature on a toddler or child under 3 years, the nurse pulls the pinna in this direction
What is Down and Back?
The "Back to Sleep" campaign places infants on a firm mattress to reduce the risk of this sudden condition
What is Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID / SIDS)?
While an infant's birth weight doubles by 4 to 6 months, it undergoes this milestone increase by 1 year of age
What is Tripling?
A faulty type of logic in preschoolers where they infer a cause-and-effect link between two unrelated events (e.g., "a dog barked, so a balloon popped")
What is Transductive Reasoning?
Under the 100/50/20 body weight rule, the fluid maintenance allowance for the first 10 kg of a child's weight is calculated at this rate
What is 100 mL/kg/day?
To prevent choking during liquid medication administration to an infant under 4 months, liquid is slowly instilled into this part of the mouth
What is the side of the mouth (or buccal cavity)?
This interprofessional team member uses therapeutic play and medical equipment exploration to reduce hospital-related anxiety
What is a Child Life Specialist?
Moving a blunt object up the lateral plantar side of an infant's foot causes dorsiflexion of the big toe and fanning of the other toes
What is the Babinski Reflex?
Characteristic of preschoolers, this form of play involves children playing together in groups without rigid rules or formal organization
What is Associative Play?
The minimum expected hourly urine output for infants and toddlers is greater than this rate per kilogram
What is > 2 to 3 mL/kg/hr?
This fundamental communication tool stands for Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, and Thank You
Answer: What is AIDET?
An unexpected finding of this type of long-bone fracture on a pediatric X-ray is a primary red flag for physical abuse
Answer: What is a Spiral Fracture?
An infant is expected to sit steadily without any physical support by this age in months
What is 7 to 9 months?
The cognitive tendency of a preoperational child to focus on only one single aspect of a situation while ignoring all other relevant factors
What is Centration?
Using the 100/50/20 rule, this is the total daily 24-hour maintenance fluid volume required for a 30 kg child
What is 1,700 mL/day (or 71 mL/hr)?
The preferred intramuscular (IM) injection site for children aged 3 to 10 years when muscle mass is adequately developed
What is the Deltoid muscle?
Introducing whole cow's milk before 12 months of age is avoided because it increases the risk for this nutritional deficienc
What is Iron Deficiency Anemia?
This fine motor milestone allows an 11-to-12-month-old infant to pick up small objects using the thumb and index finger
What is the Pincer Grasp?
Deciduous (baby) teeth begin falling out and permanent teeth start erupting around this age
What is 6 years of age?
A provider orders a medication at 20 mg/kg/day PO BID for a child weighing 15 kg. This is the individual dose administered twice daily
What is 150 mg per dose?
To prevent IV infiltration and phlebitis, nurses practice this 3-word assessment protocol every hour on a pediatric IV site
What is "Touch, Look, Compare"?
This form of medical child abuse involves a caregiver falsifying or inducing illness in a child for psychological intent
What is Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA / Munchausen syndrome by proxy)?