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In teaching the pregnant adolescent about nutrition, the nurse should:
A) Emphasize the need to eliminate common teen snack foods because they are too high in fat
and
sodium.
B) Determine the weight gain needed to meet adolescent growth and add 35 lb.
C) Suggest that she not eat at fast-food restaurants to avoid foods of poor nutritional value.
D) Realize that most adolescents are unwilling to make dietary changes during pregnancy. -
Answer b. Determine the weight gain needed to meet adolescent growth and add 35 lb.
Tracking children's development and your care is important for the following reasons - Answer
To both determine if a delays present, and to determine if the child is on the right check for
development
In order to assess the normal growth and development of an infant born premature, the
clinician can adjust the chronological age to the appropriate gestational age, adjust the
milestone to the correct gestational age - Answer True
According to Jean Paget's theory of development, the infant is in the first period of
development. Successful completion of the stage would be characterize by? - Answer Object
permanence
At what age should a person be able to meet this developmental milestone?
" differentiates between real and pretended, wants to be like friends, can stand on one foot for
10 seconds, can somersault easily understood by others. Tell stories uses future tents count to
10 draws a person with six body parts and print some letters and numbers." - Answer Five
years
A typical four month baby should - Answer Play with the rattle when it's placed in their
hands, but won't be able to pick it up if dropped
A nine month old has often reached the following milestones: - Answer Understand the
objects continue to exist, even when they are not seen (object constancy)
Can grasp objects between the tip of thumb and index finger
Waves goodbye
, Monitoring children's development includes which of the following? - Answer Using
developmental, milestone checklist or developmental screening tool
Which statement is true about growth and development during the first six months? The infant
will: - Answer Double their birthweight
A parent is talking during a healthcare visit. Their child is in elementary school. The parent says
"I just don't understand why he just goes along with a crowd and doesn't stand up for himself."
The nurse knows what developmental stage may be affecting this behavior? - Answer
Industry versus inferiority - the child is struggling to meet this developmental milestone, and is
acting passively
A nurse is preparing an education program on safety for an older team group based on the
majority causes of mortality and morbidity for this group the nurse should focus on - Answer
Automobile safety
Knowledge of principles of growth and development is important for the nurse to better
understand the behaviors and responses of clients from different age groups. The nurse
recognizes that which of the following statements about growth and development is correct? -
Answer Developmental task are age related achievements
Parents have a toddler are interested in the biggest safety concerns for the child. Which of the
following would need to be included in your answer? - Answer Drowning
And teaching parents to use a bulb syringe to orally suction and infant the nurse should teach
them to? - Answer Insert this syringe into the sides of the mouth
A nine-year-old child with type one diabetes is prone to having hypoglycemic episodes in the
morning. Which intervention would be included in the school nurses plan of care for the child? -
Answer Ask the child what they had for breakfast each day
Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) is administer to a 10-year-old child who has acute
renal failure, which of the outcomes within a nurse expected observed in this child? - Answer
Decrease serum, potassium level
When conducting a health assessment for school-age child, who is a new client to the pediatric
practice, which questions should the nurse ask the child and parents related to growth? -
Answer At which age does your child's first
How long was your child at one