PEDIATRIC NURSING STUDY GUIDE 2025
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Examples of stress experienced by toddlers -Answer:-1. separation
anxiety from parents, grief reactions
2. regression
3. refusal to eat
4. difficulty sleeping
Three phases of separation anxiety and behavioral responses
exhibited during each phase -Answer:-1. protest; clings to parent to
force them to stay
2. despair, inactive + withdrawn and regress
3. detachment, denial, after prolonged separation , denies need for
parents lvoe, affection to nurses
Nursing interventions to reduce separation anxiety -Answer:-1.
encourage family contact
2. familiar belonging brought from home
3. provide therapeutic play
4. accept regression
5. consistent routine with familiar staff
6. extra cuddling and holding
,Example of a coping strategy found amongst toddlers when in stress
-Answer:-throwing games
List the major developmental tasks for toddlers -Answer:-1.
development of autonomy
2.. control environment
3. act of movement with no restraining
Identify examples of collaborative efforts to assist toddlers with
control and mobility -Answer:-1. assist child with ambulation
within their control
2. throwing games, vent frustrations
3. child life specialist, modified toys
4. physical therapist, promote strength and flexibility
List nursing interventions used to prepare a toddle for a procedure
-Answer:-1. brief explanations, 5-10 mins, emphasize what the child
will see, hear, taste, or feel
2. see age appropriate videos with parents
3. comfort by use of bandages to stop bleeding, avoid deception to
gain compliance
Identify the initial step to effective pain management and special
considerations made for a toddler -Answer:-1. assessment, meaning
of hurt, what word is used for pain
,2. prior pain experience
3. what does your child do when she/he is hurting
4. anything special that need to know about the child in pain
Infants first year - Physical Growth -Answer:-*birth weight double
by 5 months and triples by end of first year
*Height increases by approximately 1 foot during this year.
*teeth begin to erupt at about 6 months
by the end of first yr has 6-8 deciduous teeth
Infants first year - Cognitive development -Answer:-*eyes widen to
response to sound
* 1 yr old turns .to sound and recognizes its significance
*2 month old cries and coos
1 yr old say a few words and understands many
6 wk old grasp a rattle for the first time
1 yr old reaches for toys and self feeds
Infants first year - Psychosocial development -Answer:-Birth to 3
months-
Visual stimuli of mobiles, black and white patterns,
Mirrors
Auditory stimuli music boxes, tape players soft voices
Responds to rocking and cuddling
Moves legs and arms while adult sings and talks
, Coos, babbles, cries
3-6 months-
prefers noise/rattles
enjoys soft animals/soft toys with contrasting color
Laughs, cries less, squeals and make pleasure sounds
babbles: mamamamamamama
6-9 months
likes teething toys
desires social interaction
soft toys
increases vowel and consonant sounds; links syllables; speech like
rhythm when vocalizing with others
9-12 months
lge blocks; toys that pop apart; laughs jack in the box; peek a boo/
uses puss and pull toys
Understands "NO", and simple commands
says dada and mama
Learn one or two other words; receptive speech
Play begins in a reflexive manner, the pleasure they experience lead
to purposeful performance.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Examples of stress experienced by toddlers -Answer:-1. separation
anxiety from parents, grief reactions
2. regression
3. refusal to eat
4. difficulty sleeping
Three phases of separation anxiety and behavioral responses
exhibited during each phase -Answer:-1. protest; clings to parent to
force them to stay
2. despair, inactive + withdrawn and regress
3. detachment, denial, after prolonged separation , denies need for
parents lvoe, affection to nurses
Nursing interventions to reduce separation anxiety -Answer:-1.
encourage family contact
2. familiar belonging brought from home
3. provide therapeutic play
4. accept regression
5. consistent routine with familiar staff
6. extra cuddling and holding
,Example of a coping strategy found amongst toddlers when in stress
-Answer:-throwing games
List the major developmental tasks for toddlers -Answer:-1.
development of autonomy
2.. control environment
3. act of movement with no restraining
Identify examples of collaborative efforts to assist toddlers with
control and mobility -Answer:-1. assist child with ambulation
within their control
2. throwing games, vent frustrations
3. child life specialist, modified toys
4. physical therapist, promote strength and flexibility
List nursing interventions used to prepare a toddle for a procedure
-Answer:-1. brief explanations, 5-10 mins, emphasize what the child
will see, hear, taste, or feel
2. see age appropriate videos with parents
3. comfort by use of bandages to stop bleeding, avoid deception to
gain compliance
Identify the initial step to effective pain management and special
considerations made for a toddler -Answer:-1. assessment, meaning
of hurt, what word is used for pain
,2. prior pain experience
3. what does your child do when she/he is hurting
4. anything special that need to know about the child in pain
Infants first year - Physical Growth -Answer:-*birth weight double
by 5 months and triples by end of first year
*Height increases by approximately 1 foot during this year.
*teeth begin to erupt at about 6 months
by the end of first yr has 6-8 deciduous teeth
Infants first year - Cognitive development -Answer:-*eyes widen to
response to sound
* 1 yr old turns .to sound and recognizes its significance
*2 month old cries and coos
1 yr old say a few words and understands many
6 wk old grasp a rattle for the first time
1 yr old reaches for toys and self feeds
Infants first year - Psychosocial development -Answer:-Birth to 3
months-
Visual stimuli of mobiles, black and white patterns,
Mirrors
Auditory stimuli music boxes, tape players soft voices
Responds to rocking and cuddling
Moves legs and arms while adult sings and talks
, Coos, babbles, cries
3-6 months-
prefers noise/rattles
enjoys soft animals/soft toys with contrasting color
Laughs, cries less, squeals and make pleasure sounds
babbles: mamamamamamama
6-9 months
likes teething toys
desires social interaction
soft toys
increases vowel and consonant sounds; links syllables; speech like
rhythm when vocalizing with others
9-12 months
lge blocks; toys that pop apart; laughs jack in the box; peek a boo/
uses puss and pull toys
Understands "NO", and simple commands
says dada and mama
Learn one or two other words; receptive speech
Play begins in a reflexive manner, the pleasure they experience lead
to purposeful performance.
