Review: Newborn Examination,
Developmental Milestones, Vaccination
Schedule, Adolescent Health Stages, Autism
Screening, Growth Assessment, Safety
Guidelines, and Well-Child Visit
Recommendations Questions Verified and
Complete with A+ Graded Rationales Latest
Updated 2026
-Measurements (HC, L, AC)
-Temp, HR, RR
-General Appearance (tone, etc)
-Skin
-HEENT (fontanels, clavicles, palate)
-Lungs
-Heart
-Breasts
-Genitals/anus (patency)
-Arms and legs
What are the key parts to a newborn exam?
Barlow's Test
-flexing and ADDucting the hips while applying light pressure on the knewws and direct the
force posterior
-positive if femoral head dislocates posteriorly
Ortolani's Test
-Flexing and ABDucting hips
-positive test if femoral head reduces into the acetabulum
-palpable or audibile clunk
17 hours
Average total sleep for ages 0-3 months
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, 15-17 hours
Average total sleep by 3 months of age
14-15 hours
Average total sleep for ages 6-9 months
13 hours
Average total sleep at 12+ months of age
2 years old
(or as long as possible while within weight and height limits)
Rear facing car seat should be used from birth up until age _______
5
(or as long as possible while within weight and height limits)
Forward facing car seats should be used from age 2 until at least age _______
Until seat belts fit properly (recommended 57 in tall)
Booster seats should be used from age 5 until when?
ASQ (Ages and Stages Questionnaire)
-developmental screening tool
-parent completed tool that asks questions about 5 areas:
Communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social
Denver Screening Tool
-Assessment tool for examining children 06 yo to their developmental progress
-Four domains: personal-social, fine motor-adaptive, language, gross motor
MCHAT
-Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers
-asks 20 questions about toddlers behavior
-for ages 16-30 months to see if further eval is needed
-RSV
-Hep B (first dose)
Vaccines at birth
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