Theories & Theorists
Infant Development
Pediatric Nursing
Physical and Pain Assessments
Toddler Development
100

This theorist based his research on psychosexual development that involved three components of the personality

Who is Freud?

100

A condition in which a healthy infant under the age of 1 year dies for unknown reason

What is SIDS?

100

The most common cause of death and disability in children of all ages

What are injuries?

100

The pain scale consisting of 6 cartoon pictures for the child to pick related to how they feel

What is the FACES pain scale?

100

Examples of these skills that are developed by toddlers include kicking and throwing a ball

What are gross motor skills?

200

This theorist's work is based on moral development as the person moves through stages in a fixed order

Who is Kohlberg?

200

The age when the infant will begin rolling over independently

What is 4 months?

200

The parenting style that allows the child to regulate their own activity with little to no parental control

What is permissive?

200
How the nurse should take the pulse of a child over 2 years old

What is radial for 1 full minute?

200

The type of play common in toddlers in which they play in a group but do not interact with the children around them

What is parallel play?

300

The first stage of this theorist's work is developed in infancy and called Trust vs. Mistrust

Who is Erikson?

300

Part of cognitive development during the infant period in which there is realization that an object exists even if it is unseen

What is object permanence? 

300

A growing problem among children that put them at an increased risk for the development of cardiovascular disorders and type 2 diabetes

What is obesity?

300

The three areas that should be assessed last when performing a physical assessment on a pediatric patient

What are the ears, nose, and mouth?

300

The amount of weight a toddler should gain each year

What is 4-6 pounds?

400

Freud's three components of the personality

What is the id, ego, and superego?

400

The three leading causes of accidental death in infants

What are suffocation, MVAs, and drowning?

400

A type of discipline that is best for older children in which the parent explains right and wrong and also focuses on the action rather than the child

What is reasoning?

400
The proper way to visualize the tympanic membrane of a child younger than 3 years old

What is pull the pinna down and back?

400

The term used when a toddler exerts their independence and does the opposite of what is being asked

What is negativism?

500

This theorist's work is composed of four stages, sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operations

Who is Piaget?

500

The type of play that infants partake in

What is independent play?

500

The three most important health promotion areas for pediatric patients

What are growth and development, nutrition, and oral health?

500

The pain scale used for neonates 32-60 weeks gestation with 10 being the highest score

What is the CRIES scale?

500

The mnemonic for injury prevention in toddlers 

What is DANGERS? 

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