NUR 106 Module F Study Guide 2026–2027 |
Comprehensive Exam Prep, Practice Questions & Verified
Answers
Developmental Needs (Children) Impact What? - correct answers -A child's response to illness and on
the approach that the nurse must take in developing a plan
Children in good health (Growth Chart) - correct answers -Follow a consistent pattern of growth (at any
age, there are wide individual differences in measured values)
Explain Growth Chart - correct answers -Kept in child's medical chart. Plotted as child grows. Separate
charts for boys and girls
Growth - correct answers -Physiological increase in size (weight and Height)
Maturation - correct answers -Changes that occur due to genetic inheritance, rather than life
experiences, illnesses, or injury
Development - correct answers -Predictable, physiological, psychosocial and cognitive changes over
ones life span due to growth and learning (orderly and in a specific manner)
Chronological Age - correct answers -Age defined in years
Developmental Age - correct answers -Age based on the functional behaviors that are based on the
ability to adapt to environment
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,Anticipatory Guidance - correct answers -Process of understanding upcoming developmental needs and
teaching caregivers to meet those needs
Toddler - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (1-3 years) motor ability coordination, sensory
skills developing; basic feelings, emotions, a sense of self, and being independent become important
Preschooler - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (3-6 years) continued physiological,
psychological, and cognitive growth; better able to care for
themselves, interested in playing with other children; beginning to develop a concept of who they are
School-age Child - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (6-12 years) interested in
achievement; ability to read, write, and complete academic work
advances; understanding of the world broadens
Adolescent - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (12-19 years) transition period between
childhood and adulthood; physiological
maturation occurs, formal operational thought begins; preparation for becoming an adult takes place
Principles of Growth and Development - correct answers -Although the sequence is predictable the rate
of growth varies and individual variations due exist in each age.
Orderly and Sequential (Principles of Growth and Development) - correct answers -(Principles of Growth
and Development)
Predictable Ex: Children crawl before they walk
Directional - correct answers -(Principles of Growth and Development)
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, Two Pathways -> Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
Cephalocaudal - correct answers -Development is from "Head to Toe"
Proximodistal - correct answers -Development is from "inside, out"
Ex: Babies first grasp with whole hand, then as they get older, use finger tips
Unique - correct answers -(Principles of Growth and Development)
Everyone's time table is different Ex: Think of two boys, same chronological age, but different sizes
Interrelated - correct answers -(Principles of Growth and Development)
All systems are interrelated (Connected)
Development becomes... - correct answers -Increasingly differentiated, integrated, and complex
Ex: Language (Learning to speak) - first learn words then place them together for sentences
Issues of Human Development - correct answers -Nature vs. Nurture, Continuity vs. Discontinuity,
Passivity vs. Activity, Critical vs. Sensitive period
Nature - correct answers -Genetically inherited traits. Development is predetermined by genetic factors,
not altered by environment. All children should achieve certain milestones at certain points. Ex: Not all
walk at nine months but generally all are walking by 12 months
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Comprehensive Exam Prep, Practice Questions & Verified
Answers
Developmental Needs (Children) Impact What? - correct answers -A child's response to illness and on
the approach that the nurse must take in developing a plan
Children in good health (Growth Chart) - correct answers -Follow a consistent pattern of growth (at any
age, there are wide individual differences in measured values)
Explain Growth Chart - correct answers -Kept in child's medical chart. Plotted as child grows. Separate
charts for boys and girls
Growth - correct answers -Physiological increase in size (weight and Height)
Maturation - correct answers -Changes that occur due to genetic inheritance, rather than life
experiences, illnesses, or injury
Development - correct answers -Predictable, physiological, psychosocial and cognitive changes over
ones life span due to growth and learning (orderly and in a specific manner)
Chronological Age - correct answers -Age defined in years
Developmental Age - correct answers -Age based on the functional behaviors that are based on the
ability to adapt to environment
1
,Anticipatory Guidance - correct answers -Process of understanding upcoming developmental needs and
teaching caregivers to meet those needs
Toddler - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (1-3 years) motor ability coordination, sensory
skills developing; basic feelings, emotions, a sense of self, and being independent become important
Preschooler - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (3-6 years) continued physiological,
psychological, and cognitive growth; better able to care for
themselves, interested in playing with other children; beginning to develop a concept of who they are
School-age Child - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (6-12 years) interested in
achievement; ability to read, write, and complete academic work
advances; understanding of the world broadens
Adolescent - correct answers -Stage of Human Development (12-19 years) transition period between
childhood and adulthood; physiological
maturation occurs, formal operational thought begins; preparation for becoming an adult takes place
Principles of Growth and Development - correct answers -Although the sequence is predictable the rate
of growth varies and individual variations due exist in each age.
Orderly and Sequential (Principles of Growth and Development) - correct answers -(Principles of Growth
and Development)
Predictable Ex: Children crawl before they walk
Directional - correct answers -(Principles of Growth and Development)
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, Two Pathways -> Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
Cephalocaudal - correct answers -Development is from "Head to Toe"
Proximodistal - correct answers -Development is from "inside, out"
Ex: Babies first grasp with whole hand, then as they get older, use finger tips
Unique - correct answers -(Principles of Growth and Development)
Everyone's time table is different Ex: Think of two boys, same chronological age, but different sizes
Interrelated - correct answers -(Principles of Growth and Development)
All systems are interrelated (Connected)
Development becomes... - correct answers -Increasingly differentiated, integrated, and complex
Ex: Language (Learning to speak) - first learn words then place them together for sentences
Issues of Human Development - correct answers -Nature vs. Nurture, Continuity vs. Discontinuity,
Passivity vs. Activity, Critical vs. Sensitive period
Nature - correct answers -Genetically inherited traits. Development is predetermined by genetic factors,
not altered by environment. All children should achieve certain milestones at certain points. Ex: Not all
walk at nine months but generally all are walking by 12 months
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