ATI NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN 2024/2025 PROCTORED
EXAM TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
A nurse is assessing a 12 months old infant during a well-child visit. Which of the
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following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
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A. closed anterior fontanel
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B. eruption of 6 teeth
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C. Birth weight doubled
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D. Birth length increased by 50 % -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C
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A nurse is performing a developmental screening of a 10-month old infant. Which of
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the following fine motor skills should the nurse expect to find? (select all that apply)
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A. grasp a raddle by the handle
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B. try building a two-block tower
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C. use a crude pincer grasp
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D. Place objects into a container
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E. Walkes with one hand held -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A, C
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A nurse is conducting a well-baby visit with a 4 month old infant. Which of the
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following immunizations should the nurse plan to administer? (select all that apply)
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A. MMR
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B. IPV
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C. PCV_
D. varicella
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E. RV -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B, C, E
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A nurse is providing education about introducing new foods to the parents of a 4
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months old infant. The nurse should recommend that the parents introduce which of
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the following foods first?
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A. Strained yellow vegetables
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B. Iron fortified cereals
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C. Pureed foods
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,D. Whole Milk -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
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A nurse is providing teaching about dental care and teething to the parent of a 9-
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month-old. Which of the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding
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of the teaching?
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A. I can give my baby a warm teething ring to relieve discomfort
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B. I should clean my baby's teeth which a cool, wet washcloth
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C. I can give Advil for up to 5 days while my baby is teething
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D. I should place diluted juice in the bottle my baby drinks while falling asleep --
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Correct Answer ✔✔ B _ _ _
Weight gain of toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 4x their birth weight by 30 months
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Height gain of toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 3 inches per year (7.5cm)
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Head and chest growth of toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ head and chest
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circumference are about equal, compared to when they are born, and their head is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
wider than their chest _ _ _
gross and fine motor skills of a 15-month toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ expect
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walking without help, should be able to build a 2 block tower
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gross and fine motor skills of 18-month toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ can throw a
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ball over head _ _
gross and fine motor skills of 2 year old toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ can walk up
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and down stairs by placing feet on each step and build a 6-7 block tower
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gross and fine motor skills of 2.5 year old toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ can jump
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with both feet and draw circles
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Language of a toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 1 year = 1 word sentences/hollow
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phrases
2 year = 2-3 word sentences
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,Erikson's stage of Toddlers -- Correct Answer ✔✔ autonomy vs shame and doubt,
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independence, begin to express selves by saying no a lot, thrive on rituals, maintain
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routines
Toddler appropriate activities -- Correct Answer ✔✔ blocks, push pull, thick crayons,
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puzzle
What is passive parenting? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ parents are uninvolved, indifferent,
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and emotionally removed
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A nurse manager on a pediatric floor is preparing an education program on working
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with families for a group of newly hired nurses. Which of the following should the
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nurse include when discussing the developmental theory?
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A. describes that stress is inevitable
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B. emphasizes that change with one member affects the entire family
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C. provides guidance to assist families adapting to stress
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D. Defines consistencies in how families change -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D
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A nurse is assisting a group of parents of adolescents to develop skills that will
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improve communication. The nurse heads one parent states "my son knows he better
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do what I say". Which of the parenting styles is he exhibiting?
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_A. Authoritarian
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B. Permissive
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C. Authroitative
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D. Passive -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A
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A nurse is performing family assessment. Which of the following should the nurse
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include? (select all that apply)_ _ _ _
A. medical history
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B. parents' education level
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C. child's physical growth
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D. Support systems
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E. Stressors -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A, B, D, E
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What is the expected pulse rate of a newborn? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 80 to 180/min
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, What is the expected pulse of a baby 1 week to 3 months? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 12
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to 180/min
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What is the expected pulse of a child 3 months to 2 years? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 70
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to 150/min
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What is the expected pulse of a child 2 to 10 years? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 60 to
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110/min
What is the expected pulse of a child 10 years and older? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 50
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to 90/min
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What are the expected respirations of a newborn to one year? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
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30 to 35/min
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What are the expected respirations of a 1 to 2 year old? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 25 to
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30/min
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What are the expected respirations of a 2 to 6 year old? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 21 to
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25/min
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What are the expected respirations of a child 6 to 12 years old? -- Correct Answer
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✔✔ 19 to 21/min _ _ _
What are the expected respirations of a 12 year old and older? -- Correct Answer
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✔✔ 16 to 19/min _ _ _
What are the normal vitals of an infant? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ HR: 80-180
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RR: 30-35 _
BP: 65-80/40-50
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Fontanels -- Correct Answer ✔✔ should be flat and soft, posterior closes between 6
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and 8 weeks, anterior closes between 12 and 18 months
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EXAM TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
A nurse is assessing a 12 months old infant during a well-child visit. Which of the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A. closed anterior fontanel
_ _ _
B. eruption of 6 teeth
_ _ _ _
C. Birth weight doubled
_ _ _
D. Birth length increased by 50 % -- Correct Answer ✔✔ C
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A nurse is performing a developmental screening of a 10-month old infant. Which of
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the following fine motor skills should the nurse expect to find? (select all that apply)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A. grasp a raddle by the handle
_ _ _ _ _ _
B. try building a two-block tower
_ _ _ _ _
C. use a crude pincer grasp
_ _ _ _ _
D. Place objects into a container
_ _ _ _ _
E. Walkes with one hand held -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A, C
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A nurse is conducting a well-baby visit with a 4 month old infant. Which of the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
following immunizations should the nurse plan to administer? (select all that apply)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A. MMR
_
B. IPV
_
C. PCV_
D. varicella
_ _
E. RV -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B, C, E
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A nurse is providing education about introducing new foods to the parents of a 4
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months old infant. The nurse should recommend that the parents introduce which of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the following foods first?
_ _ _
A. Strained yellow vegetables
_ _ _
B. Iron fortified cereals
_ _ _
C. Pureed foods
_ _
,D. Whole Milk -- Correct Answer ✔✔ B
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A nurse is providing teaching about dental care and teething to the parent of a 9-
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
month-old. Which of the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
of the teaching?
_ _ _
A. I can give my baby a warm teething ring to relieve discomfort
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
B. I should clean my baby's teeth which a cool, wet washcloth
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C. I can give Advil for up to 5 days while my baby is teething
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D. I should place diluted juice in the bottle my baby drinks while falling asleep --
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Correct Answer ✔✔ B _ _ _
Weight gain of toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 4x their birth weight by 30 months
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Height gain of toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 3 inches per year (7.5cm)
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Head and chest growth of toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ head and chest
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circumference are about equal, compared to when they are born, and their head is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
wider than their chest _ _ _
gross and fine motor skills of a 15-month toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ expect
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walking without help, should be able to build a 2 block tower
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
gross and fine motor skills of 18-month toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ can throw a
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ball over head _ _
gross and fine motor skills of 2 year old toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ can walk up
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and down stairs by placing feet on each step and build a 6-7 block tower
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gross and fine motor skills of 2.5 year old toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ can jump
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with both feet and draw circles
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Language of a toddler -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 1 year = 1 word sentences/hollow
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phrases
2 year = 2-3 word sentences
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,Erikson's stage of Toddlers -- Correct Answer ✔✔ autonomy vs shame and doubt,
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independence, begin to express selves by saying no a lot, thrive on rituals, maintain
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
routines
Toddler appropriate activities -- Correct Answer ✔✔ blocks, push pull, thick crayons,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
puzzle
What is passive parenting? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ parents are uninvolved, indifferent,
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and emotionally removed
_ _
A nurse manager on a pediatric floor is preparing an education program on working
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
with families for a group of newly hired nurses. Which of the following should the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
nurse include when discussing the developmental theory?
_ _ _ _ _ _
A. describes that stress is inevitable
_ _ _ _ _
B. emphasizes that change with one member affects the entire family
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C. provides guidance to assist families adapting to stress
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
D. Defines consistencies in how families change -- Correct Answer ✔✔ D
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A nurse is assisting a group of parents of adolescents to develop skills that will
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
improve communication. The nurse heads one parent states "my son knows he better
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
do what I say". Which of the parenting styles is he exhibiting?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_A. Authoritarian
_
B. Permissive
_
C. Authroitative
_
D. Passive -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A
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A nurse is performing family assessment. Which of the following should the nurse
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
include? (select all that apply)_ _ _ _
A. medical history
_ _
B. parents' education level
_ _ _
C. child's physical growth
_ _ _
D. Support systems
_ _
E. Stressors -- Correct Answer ✔✔ A, B, D, E
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What is the expected pulse rate of a newborn? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 80 to 180/min
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, What is the expected pulse of a baby 1 week to 3 months? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 12
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to 180/min
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What is the expected pulse of a child 3 months to 2 years? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 70
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to 150/min
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What is the expected pulse of a child 2 to 10 years? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 60 to
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110/min
What is the expected pulse of a child 10 years and older? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 50
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to 90/min
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What are the expected respirations of a newborn to one year? -- Correct Answer ✔✔
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30 to 35/min
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What are the expected respirations of a 1 to 2 year old? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 25 to
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30/min
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What are the expected respirations of a 2 to 6 year old? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ 21 to
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25/min
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What are the expected respirations of a child 6 to 12 years old? -- Correct Answer
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✔✔ 19 to 21/min _ _ _
What are the expected respirations of a 12 year old and older? -- Correct Answer
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✔✔ 16 to 19/min _ _ _
What are the normal vitals of an infant? -- Correct Answer ✔✔ HR: 80-180
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RR: 30-35 _
BP: 65-80/40-50
_
Fontanels -- Correct Answer ✔✔ should be flat and soft, posterior closes between 6
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and 8 weeks, anterior closes between 12 and 18 months
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