Infant
This term describes the emotional connection that forms between infants and their caregivers through consistent care and comfort.
What is bonding or attachment?
An example of a major milestone completed at this age
What is walking, talking, or toilet training?
Preschoolers in this Piaget stage are egocentric and use magical thinking
What is the preoperational stage?
This stage of Piaget’s cognitive development allows school-aged children to use logical thinking and understand cause and effect, making them capable of grasping illness explanations when framed concretely.
What is the concrete operational stage?
Peer influences becomes very prominent at this age group
What is Adolescents?
Maintaining consistent routines like feeding, sleeping, and play helps infants develop this essential sense according to psychosocial theory.
What is trust?
True or False:
Involving caregivers during a toddler’s medical care can help reduce anxiety, promote coping, and support healthy socio-emotional growth
What is True?
The best way to explain serious news to a 4-year-old is to deliver the news using use what type of language / terms
What is simple language / terms?
When delivering bad news to a school-aged child, the nurse begins by exploring what the child already believes about their illness, uses drawings or visuals, and provides honest but simplified explanations.
What is using developmentally appropriate, concrete communication to assess and build understanding?
A stronger push for autonomy and privacy typically begins at which age range?
What is 15-17 years old?
What items can help infants manage discomfort or emotional stress by providing a sense of familiarity and security?
What are comfort objects, such as blankets or pacifiers?
An example of a successful communication tool that should be used when caring for toddlers
What is use simple, honest language, acknowledge their feelings, offer comfort objects, maintain routines, using play, model calm behavior, or use short, repeated messages?
Preschoolers are in Erikson’s initiative vs. guilt. Name the one sentence you should include to prevent guilt.
What is “This is not your fault?”
Although parents are the primary legal decision-makers, ethical best practice supports involving the child in discussions to promote this essential component of trust and emotional resilience.
What is age-appropriate participation in shared decision-making?
A child has been testing the limits of their family values but is still influenced by them. What age range would this child likely fall under?
What is 13-15 years old?
When communicating about an infant’s care, nurses should direct information primarily toward this group, since they interpret and respond to their baby’s needs.
Who are the parents or caregivers?
True or False:
Clinicians should withhold information about abstract, complex and challenging situations when communicating with a toddler due to their cognitive development
What is False?
After bad news, a preschooler begins bedwetting and clinging. What type of reaction is this?
What is regression?
Including caregivers and being sensitive to family cultural or religious values during disclosure fosters collaboration and ensures this key outcome for both the child and family.
What is improved coping and emotional adjustment through family-centered, culturally competent communication?
Which psychosocial theory do adolescents reflect?
What is Identity vs Role Confusion?
According to Erikson's Trust vs. Mistrust stage, what nursing approach best supports both the infant’s psychosocial development and the parent-infant bond?
What is using calm, nurturing communication; involving parents in care; respecting cultural values; and promoting physical/emotional presence to build trust and security?
The psychosocial theory that represents the development of a toddler
What is Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt?
True or False:
The right way to tell a preschooler about death is to say “died,” give one simple reason (“his body stopped working”), check what they heard, say “it’s not your fault,” and avoid phrases like “went to sleep” or delaying the talk.
What is True?
When a school-aged child reacts to bad news with sadness, stomachaches, or withdrawal, nurses should use empathy, validation, and therapeutic presence while coordinating support services such as these professionals.
Who are child-life specialists, social workers, or counselors?
True or False:
During this period of development, the adolescent experiences slow emotional and sexual maturation and a rapid physical maturation
What is False?