PDs CH3

Parents are asking the clinic nurse about an appropriate toy for their toddler. Which response by the nurse is appropriate?

"A toy your child can push or pull would help develop muscles."

A nurse is counseling an adolescent, in her second month of pregnancy, about the risk of teratogens. The adolescent has understood the teaching if she makes which statement?

"I should avoid any alcoholic beverages."

The nurse is recording a normal interpretation of a Denver II assessment. The nurse understands that the maximum number of cautions determined for a normal interpretation is _____. (Record your answer in a whole number.)

1

Parents of an 8-year-old child ask the nurse how many inches their child should grow each year. The nurse bases the answer on the knowledge that after age 7 years, school-age children usually grow what number of inches per year?

2

An infant who weighs 7 pounds at birth would be expected to weigh how many pounds at age 1 year?

21

By what age does birth length usually double?

4 years

What factors indicate parents should seek genetic counseling for their child? (Select all that apply.)

Abnormal newborn screen, Family history of a hereditary disease, Metabolic disorder

Turner syndrome is suspected in an adolescent girl with short stature. What is the cause of this syndrome?

Absence of one of the X chromosomes

According to Kohlberg, children develop moral reasoning as they mature. Which statement is most characteristic of a preschooler's stage of moral development?

Actions are determined as good or bad in terms of their consequences.

A nurse is preparing to administer a Denver II. Which is a correct statement about the Denver II? (Select all that apply.)

All items intersected by the age line should be administered, Toddlers and preschoolers should be prepared by presenting the test as a game., Presentation of the toys from the kit should be done one at a time.

A 13-year-old girl asks the nurse how much taller she will get. She has been growing about 2 inches per year but grew 4 inches this past year. Menarche recently occurred. The nurse should base her response on which statement?

Approximately 95% of mature height is achieved when menarche occurs.

In which type of play are children engaged in similar or identical activity, without organization, division of labor, or mutual goal?

Associative

The nurse observes some children in the playroom. Which play situation exhibits the characteristics of parallel play?

Brian playing with his truck next to Kristina playing with her truck

An infant gains head control before sitting unassisted. The nurse recognizes that this is which type of development?

Cephalocaudal

A father tells the nurse that his child is "filling up the house with collections" like seashells, bottle caps, baseball cards, and pennies. What should the nurse recognize the child is developing?

Concrete operational thinking

A school nurse notes that school-age children generally obey the rules at school. The nurse recognizes that the children are displaying which stage of moral development?

Conventional

A nurse is planning play activities for school-age children. Which type of a play activity should the nurse plan?

Cooperative

A mother reports that her 6-year-old child is highly active, irritable, and irregular in habits and that the child adapts slowly to new routines, people, or situations. How should the nurse chart this type of temperament?

Difficult

Trauma to which site can result in a growth problem for children's long bones?

Epiphyseal cartilage plate

Which behavior is most characteristic of the concrete operations stage of cognitive development?

Increasingly logical and coherent thought processes

A 12-year-old child enjoys collecting stamps, playing soccer, and participating in Boy Scout activities. The nurse recognizes that the child is displaying which developmental task?

Industry

Play serves many purposes. In teaching parents about appropriate activities, the nurse should inform them that play serves which of the following function? (Select all that apply.)

Intellectual development, Socialization, Creativity

Which statement is true about the basal metabolic rate (BMR) in children?

It is slightly higher in boys than in girls at all ages.

Parents express concern that their pubertal daughter is taller than the boys in her class. The nurse should respond with which statement regarding how the onset of pubertal growth spurt compares in girls and boys?

It occurs earlier in girls.

Place in order the sequence of cephalocaudal development that the nurse expects to find in the infant. Begin with the first development expected, sequencing to the final.

Lift head when prone, Gain complete head control, Sit unsupported, Crawl, Walk

The nurse is observing parents playing with their 10-month-old child. Which should the nurse recognize as evidence that the child is developing object permanence?

Looks for the toy that parents hide under the blanket

Which is probably the single most important influence on growth at all stages of development?

Nutrition

How is a child's skeletal age best determined?

Radiographs of the hand and wrist

A nurse observes a toddler playing with sand and water. How should the nurse document this type of play?

Sense-pleasure

Which refers to those times in an individual's life when he or she is more susceptible to positive or negative influences?

Sensitive period

Which following function of play is a major component of play at all ages?

Sensorimotor activity

A nurse is observing children at play. Which figure depicts associative play?

The children on the carnival ride

A nurse has completed a teaching session for adolescents regarding lymphoid tissue growth. Which statement, by the adolescents, indicates understanding of the teaching?

The tissue is twice the adult size by ages 10 to 12 years.

What should the nurse consider when discussing language development with parents of toddlers?

The toddler expresses himself or herself with verbs or combination words.

A visitor arrives at a daycare center during lunchtime. The preschool children think that every time they have lunch a visitor will arrive. Which preoperational characteristic is being displayed?

Transductive reasoning

Which syndrome involves a common sex chromosome defect?

Turner

A nurse is conducting parenting classes for parents of children ranging in ages 2 to 7 years. The parents understand the term egocentrism when they indicate it means:

unable to put self in another's place.