Infant
Toddler
Preschool
School-Age
Adolescent
100

Infants are in this stage of Piaget’s cognitive development

What is sensorimotor

100

Age by which anterior fontanel closes

What is 18 months

100

Preschoolers need opportunity to complete tasks to develop competency. This is Erikson’s stage of

What is Initiative vs. Guilt

100

School agers feel they lose independence when hospitalized. Provide 1 intervention to address this issue

Offer reassurance, medical play, choices, allow to complete tasks

100

Adolescents are in this stage of Erikson’s development

What is Identity vs Role Confusion

200

An infant weighed 8lbs 1 oz at birth. This is their expected weight at 1 year

What is 24 lb 3 oz (triple)

200

This type of play is characteristic of toddlers

What is parallel play

200

Age by which child can ride a tricycle

What is 3 years

200

The school aged patient needs an xray. What should be the focus of the teaching?

What is Why they need the xray

200

Period of adolescence that self esteem declines

What is early adolescence (11-14 yrs)

300

Age by which babies creep on hands and knees

What is 9 months

300

Toddlers are in this stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development

What is Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt

300

This type of play is characterized by children sharing toys, but with no common goal in mind

What is associative play

300

Abundance of food, video games, low income, access to fast food, unsafe neighborhoods

What are risk factors for obesity

300

Characteristics of the Formal Operations period of Piaget’s theory

What are abstract thinking, flexibility, adaptability

400

Infants are in this stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development

What is Trust vs. Mistrust

400

Age by which toddlers can throw ball overhanded without falling

What is 18 months

400

Preschoolers may view hospitalization as punishment, and they fear body mutilation. Provide 1 nursing intervention to address these concerns

Medical play, be vigilant in communication, offer reassurance, security items

400

This type of play is organized with kids playing together to complete a common goal

What is cooperative play

400

Adolescents may become frustrated when hospitalized. Provide 1 nursing intervention to address this issue

Allow peers to visit, give info regarding diagnosis, provide privacy

500

Age by which infants have 3-5 words besides mama dada

What is 12 months

500

This stage of Piaget’s development is characterized by toddlers’ egocentrism and concrete thinking

What is preoperational

500

Communication with/ teaching of  preschoolers should focus on this

What is How they will feel/be impacted

500

School agers are in this stage of Erikson’s development

What is Industry vs Inferiority

500

Adolescent patient’s biggest concern when communicating with healthcare providers

What is privacy