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NSG 210 final Questions with Detailed
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Question: Infant (1 month)
Ans: Primitive reflexes- sucking and startle
Making sure noses are clear and do bulb suctioning
Obligate nasal breathers, avoid NG tube until 3 months when they learn to
breathe through their mouths
Everything is flexed-draws arms & legs in towards body when crying
May lift head briefly if prone
Likes to look at faces and black and white geometric designs
Question: Infant (2 months)
Ans: Prone position, can lift head off of table
Hands may be open or closed
Grasp reflex is not as tight
Coos
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Question: Infant (4 months)
Ans: Moro- startle reflex (startled by loud sound and movement even their
crying)
Rooting- move their head to where the mouth is and this helps with bottle
and breast feeding (Stroking the cheek)
Tonic neck- "fencing reflex" head turned, one hand up by head, and other
hand extended out
Lost moro, rooting, and tonic neck reflexes
Pulled to a sitting position, no head lag
Can sit up if propped up (cannot sit alone)
May pull blanket up over face
Turns head to look for voices, sounds
In prone position, can hold head up and support weight on forearms
Turns from abdomen to back
Question: Infant (5 months)
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Ans: Birth weight doubled
Better at being able to sit
Takes in environment
Responds readily to sounds
Palmar grasp-grasps objects with whole hand
Question: Infant (6 months)
Ans: Weight gain slows down due to eating less in this month; still gaining
weight just not as quickly
Prone position - can start to lift chest and belly up off the ground
Roll from back to abdomen
When held in standing position, can support their own weight
Feet into mouth
May get first teeth, can BITE
Extrusion reflex is lost
Question: Infant (8 months)
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Ans: Sit unsupported
May get into the crawl position
Can recognize own name
Pincer grasp
Question: Infant (9 months)
Ans: May say one word in addition to "mama" & "dada"
Crawls or pulls whole body along floor
Creeps using hands & knees to keep trunk off floor
Recognizes sound w/o difficulty
Question: Infant (10-11 months)
NSG 210 final Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Question: Infant (1 month)
Ans: Primitive reflexes- sucking and startle
Making sure noses are clear and do bulb suctioning
Obligate nasal breathers, avoid NG tube until 3 months when they learn to
breathe through their mouths
Everything is flexed-draws arms & legs in towards body when crying
May lift head briefly if prone
Likes to look at faces and black and white geometric designs
Question: Infant (2 months)
Ans: Prone position, can lift head off of table
Hands may be open or closed
Grasp reflex is not as tight
Coos
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Question: Infant (4 months)
Ans: Moro- startle reflex (startled by loud sound and movement even their
crying)
Rooting- move their head to where the mouth is and this helps with bottle
and breast feeding (Stroking the cheek)
Tonic neck- "fencing reflex" head turned, one hand up by head, and other
hand extended out
Lost moro, rooting, and tonic neck reflexes
Pulled to a sitting position, no head lag
Can sit up if propped up (cannot sit alone)
May pull blanket up over face
Turns head to look for voices, sounds
In prone position, can hold head up and support weight on forearms
Turns from abdomen to back
Question: Infant (5 months)
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Ans: Birth weight doubled
Better at being able to sit
Takes in environment
Responds readily to sounds
Palmar grasp-grasps objects with whole hand
Question: Infant (6 months)
Ans: Weight gain slows down due to eating less in this month; still gaining
weight just not as quickly
Prone position - can start to lift chest and belly up off the ground
Roll from back to abdomen
When held in standing position, can support their own weight
Feet into mouth
May get first teeth, can BITE
Extrusion reflex is lost
Question: Infant (8 months)
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Ans: Sit unsupported
May get into the crawl position
Can recognize own name
Pincer grasp
Question: Infant (9 months)
Ans: May say one word in addition to "mama" & "dada"
Crawls or pulls whole body along floor
Creeps using hands & knees to keep trunk off floor
Recognizes sound w/o difficulty
Question: Infant (10-11 months)
