Toddler
The parents have a good understanding of positive discipline when they make this statement about "time out".
What is stating that child should be placed in "time out" for ONE minute per years old?
The nurse understands that this is another word for "bedwetting" that can happen in early childhood development.
What is Nocturnal Enuresis?
The nurse understands that the school-age child engages in which type of play.
What is competitive play?
The nurse understands that according to Erickson, the adolescent begins developing their own personality in this stage.
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion?
The nurse understands that a 2.5-year-old child, following normal growth and development, should have this amount of weight gain from his birth weight.
What is quadrupled birth weight at 2.5-years-old?
If a parent reports that their child is not waving "bye-bye" by one year, the nurse would be correct to make this recommendation.
What is getting the child screened for possible autism?
The nurse understands that the school-age child experiences this type of growth.
What is slow until the spurt before puberty?
The nurse understands that in order for a school-age child to develop a positive self-esteem, this must happen with their peer group.
What is being accepted into their peer group?
The nurse understands that girls reach puberty earlier than boys, and this usually happens approximately __________ - __________ earlier.
What is 6 months to 2 years earlier that boys?
The nurse understands that adolescents have a harder time managing Type 1 DM due to these TWO normal physiological changes occurring during this time in their life.
What are 1. Growth spurts and 2. Hormonal Changes?
The nurse understands that a toddler should be walking independently by this age.
What is walking independently by 16-18 months.
The nurse understands that it is important to assess all of the following, before diagnosing a child with ADHD.
What is 1. Vision, 2. Hearing, 3. Language, and 4. Learning issues?
The nurse understands that these THREE things are essential to care for an avulsed tooth.
What is 1. only touch the crown of the tooth, 2. place in milk, and 3. take to dentist for reimplantation?
The nurse understands that the leading cause of death among adolescents is this.
What are motor vehicle accidents?
The nurse is working with a child that has been newly diagnosed with DM and frequently cries and refuses injections. The nurse understands that the best interventions for this child are to 1. giving small rewards, as well as offering 2. __________ _______________.
What is giving support coping with this new diagnosis?
The nurse understands that toddlers are at an increased risk for injury due to these THREE things.
What is curiosity, independent mobility, and using the response "No!" often?
Name FOUR tasks that a preschool child will develop normally.
What is 1. control of bodily functions, 2. increase communication skills, 3. prepare for entry to preschool, and 4. decreased attachment to parents?
The nurse understands that the school-age child is in this stage of development, according to Erickson.
What is Industry vs. Inferiority?
When a nurse is preparing to educate a set of parents on their adolescent's risky behavior, she should emphasis that it is NORMAL for an adolescent to _________ what their friends do.
What is "copying everything their friends do"?
The nurse understands the classic triad of symptoms for Diabetes Mellitus includes these THREE symptoms.
What are:
1. Polydipsia
2. Polyuria
3. Polyphagia
The nurse knows that the most effective discipline for toddlers is this.
What are consistent boundaries?
Name THREE things that describe preschoolers.
What is 1. Magical thinking, 2. egocentric behavior, and 3. engages in cooperative/associative play?
The nurse understands the these are normal vital signs for a school-age child.
What is P-85-100, R-18-20, and B/P 90-108/60-68?
The nurse is educating a class of parents regarding adolescents with "high risk behavior". The nurse will include the PACE assessment tool, and give these examples of behaviors for each category.
What is:
P-Problems with Peers & Parents
A-Alcohol use
C-Cigarette use
E-Poor Performance in school
Name the FIVE age groups leading up to adulthood.
What is infancy, toddler, preschool, school age, and adolescence?