ACE YOUR NUR 254 EXAM: COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE WITH COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST 2026/2027
◉ Atraumatic Care. Answer: Do no Harm
1.Prevent or Minimize Separation
2. Promote Sense of Control
3. Prevent or Minimize bodily injury or pain
◉ Role of pediatric Nurse. Answer: Therapeutic relationship
Family advocacy & caring
Disease prevention & health promotion
Health Teaching
Injury Prevention
Support & Counseling
Coordination & Collaboration
Ethical Decision Making
◉ Cephalocaudal. Answer: head to tail; head grows before lower
parts of body
Infant controls head before trunk & extremities
,◉ Proximodistal. Answer: Near to far, midline to peripheral
Infants control shoulders before hands
◉ Weight Should be..... Answer: 2x birth weight @ 6 months
3x birth weight @ 12 months
◉ Trust vs. Mistrust. Answer: Birth to 1 year
Cooing & crying, respond to nonverbal cues
If not attended to mistrust develops
Toys- rattle
◉ Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt. Answer: 1-3 years
Learn self control & willpower versus impulse
Give choices
◉ Initiative vs. Guilt. Answer: 3-6 years
Direction & purpose
Right vs. wrong- develop conscience
Allow toddler to fully accomplish task
◉ Industry vs. Inferiority. Answer: 6-12 years
Why?
, Engage in task they can fully accomplish
Understand cause & effect
◉ Identity vs role confusion. Answer: 12-18 years
Role confusion
Confidentiality
◉ Functions of Play. Answer: Sensorimotor & intellectual
development
Creativity
Self awareness
Therapeutic Value
Morality
◉ Unoccupied Behavior. Answer: No Purpose
Focuses attention momentarily
◉ Onlooker Play (infant/toddler). Answer: Watching
◉ Solitary Play (Infant/Toddler). Answer: play alone with their
interest centered on their own activity
GUIDE WITH COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST 2026/2027
◉ Atraumatic Care. Answer: Do no Harm
1.Prevent or Minimize Separation
2. Promote Sense of Control
3. Prevent or Minimize bodily injury or pain
◉ Role of pediatric Nurse. Answer: Therapeutic relationship
Family advocacy & caring
Disease prevention & health promotion
Health Teaching
Injury Prevention
Support & Counseling
Coordination & Collaboration
Ethical Decision Making
◉ Cephalocaudal. Answer: head to tail; head grows before lower
parts of body
Infant controls head before trunk & extremities
,◉ Proximodistal. Answer: Near to far, midline to peripheral
Infants control shoulders before hands
◉ Weight Should be..... Answer: 2x birth weight @ 6 months
3x birth weight @ 12 months
◉ Trust vs. Mistrust. Answer: Birth to 1 year
Cooing & crying, respond to nonverbal cues
If not attended to mistrust develops
Toys- rattle
◉ Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt. Answer: 1-3 years
Learn self control & willpower versus impulse
Give choices
◉ Initiative vs. Guilt. Answer: 3-6 years
Direction & purpose
Right vs. wrong- develop conscience
Allow toddler to fully accomplish task
◉ Industry vs. Inferiority. Answer: 6-12 years
Why?
, Engage in task they can fully accomplish
Understand cause & effect
◉ Identity vs role confusion. Answer: 12-18 years
Role confusion
Confidentiality
◉ Functions of Play. Answer: Sensorimotor & intellectual
development
Creativity
Self awareness
Therapeutic Value
Morality
◉ Unoccupied Behavior. Answer: No Purpose
Focuses attention momentarily
◉ Onlooker Play (infant/toddler). Answer: Watching
◉ Solitary Play (Infant/Toddler). Answer: play alone with their
interest centered on their own activity
