NSG 1400 EXAM 1 2026/2027 | NURSING STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW
Growth - ANS ✔✔a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results in an
increase in overall size and weight of the body or any of its parts
Development - ANS ✔✔the sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development changes that
take place over the human lifespan
Three aspects of change - ANS ✔✔growth, development, maturation
Normal human development - ANS ✔✔organized, progressive, follows a predictable sequence across life
stages
Development milestone - ANS ✔✔skills that provide reference for the rate/pace of how a child is
developing
Development delay - ANS ✔✔a child that has not attained predictable movement patterns or behavior
associated with children of a similar chronologic age
Development regression - ANS ✔✔occurs when a child is hospitalized, where they revert back to an
earlier development stage (a toilet-trained child begins to wet the bed again)
Development arrest - ANS ✔✔occurs when a child stops physical, emotional, or cognitive development
before reaching adulthood
Pervasive developmental disorders - ANS ✔✔group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in
socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger syndrome are examples
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - ANS ✔✔infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, elementary
school, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
Infancy stage (0-1 yr) - ANS ✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust: baby relies on parents for needs to be met
Toddler stage (1-3 yrs) - ANS ✔✔autonomy vs. shame and doubt: toddler is beginning to assert authority
over own actions
Pre-school (3-6 yrs) - ANS ✔✔initiative vs. guilt: pre-schooler takes on independence and is eager to try
new things, focus is on energetic learning
School age (6-12 yrs) - ANS ✔✔Industry vs.inferiority- eager to develop skills; motivated to complete
tasks
Adolescence (12-18 yrs) - ANS ✔✔identity vs role confusion: focuses on who the adolescent is and who
they want to become
, Young adulthood (18-35) - ANS ✔✔intimacy vs isolation: focus is finding love
Middle adulthood (35-65) - ANS ✔✔generativity vs stagnation: a concern for establishing and guiding
the next generation
older adulthood (65+) - ANS ✔✔integrity vs. despair: reminiscing on one's life and accomplishments
HIPAA - ANS ✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law protecting the
privacy of patient-specific health care information
Vital sign ranges across the life span - ANS ✔✔
Family dynamics - ANS ✔✔-interrelationships between and among individual family members
-the forces at work within a family that produce particular behaviors or symptoms
-members are self-defined
Influences on family dynamics - ANS ✔✔-the relationship between parents
-number of children
- parental presence or absence
- other people living in the home
- chronic illness
- disability
- substance abuse
-physical abuse
- death
- culture
- socioeconomic status
- unemployment
- family values
- parenting practices
Positive family dynamics - ANS ✔✔can adapt to change, come together in tough times, supportive
Negative family dynamics - ANS ✔✔cannot adapt, fall apart, sibling rivalry
Family risk recognition - ANS ✔✔- family expands
- family member violates trust of other family members
- loss of financial stability
- abusive behaviors
- substance abuse and addiction
- severe injury or illness
- death of a family member
Family Systems Theory - ANS ✔✔a theory that views the family as a system of interacting parts whose
interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW
Growth - ANS ✔✔a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results in an
increase in overall size and weight of the body or any of its parts
Development - ANS ✔✔the sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development changes that
take place over the human lifespan
Three aspects of change - ANS ✔✔growth, development, maturation
Normal human development - ANS ✔✔organized, progressive, follows a predictable sequence across life
stages
Development milestone - ANS ✔✔skills that provide reference for the rate/pace of how a child is
developing
Development delay - ANS ✔✔a child that has not attained predictable movement patterns or behavior
associated with children of a similar chronologic age
Development regression - ANS ✔✔occurs when a child is hospitalized, where they revert back to an
earlier development stage (a toilet-trained child begins to wet the bed again)
Development arrest - ANS ✔✔occurs when a child stops physical, emotional, or cognitive development
before reaching adulthood
Pervasive developmental disorders - ANS ✔✔group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in
socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger syndrome are examples
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - ANS ✔✔infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, elementary
school, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
Infancy stage (0-1 yr) - ANS ✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust: baby relies on parents for needs to be met
Toddler stage (1-3 yrs) - ANS ✔✔autonomy vs. shame and doubt: toddler is beginning to assert authority
over own actions
Pre-school (3-6 yrs) - ANS ✔✔initiative vs. guilt: pre-schooler takes on independence and is eager to try
new things, focus is on energetic learning
School age (6-12 yrs) - ANS ✔✔Industry vs.inferiority- eager to develop skills; motivated to complete
tasks
Adolescence (12-18 yrs) - ANS ✔✔identity vs role confusion: focuses on who the adolescent is and who
they want to become
, Young adulthood (18-35) - ANS ✔✔intimacy vs isolation: focus is finding love
Middle adulthood (35-65) - ANS ✔✔generativity vs stagnation: a concern for establishing and guiding
the next generation
older adulthood (65+) - ANS ✔✔integrity vs. despair: reminiscing on one's life and accomplishments
HIPAA - ANS ✔✔The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law protecting the
privacy of patient-specific health care information
Vital sign ranges across the life span - ANS ✔✔
Family dynamics - ANS ✔✔-interrelationships between and among individual family members
-the forces at work within a family that produce particular behaviors or symptoms
-members are self-defined
Influences on family dynamics - ANS ✔✔-the relationship between parents
-number of children
- parental presence or absence
- other people living in the home
- chronic illness
- disability
- substance abuse
-physical abuse
- death
- culture
- socioeconomic status
- unemployment
- family values
- parenting practices
Positive family dynamics - ANS ✔✔can adapt to change, come together in tough times, supportive
Negative family dynamics - ANS ✔✔cannot adapt, fall apart, sibling rivalry
Family risk recognition - ANS ✔✔- family expands
- family member violates trust of other family members
- loss of financial stability
- abusive behaviors
- substance abuse and addiction
- severe injury or illness
- death of a family member
Family Systems Theory - ANS ✔✔a theory that views the family as a system of interacting parts whose
interactions exhibit consistent patterns and unstated rules
