Pediatrics nursing questions & answers graded A+ 2024/2025

Pediatrics nursingStages of Development - correct answer Prenatal Period: Conception to 2 weeks old Infancy Period Neonatal: Birth to 28 days Infant: 1month to 12 months Early Childhood Toddler 1-3 years old Preschool 3-6 years old Middle Childhood 6-12 years old Later Childhood Prepubertal 10-13 years old Adolescence 13-18 years old Patterns of Growth and Development - correct answer Definite and predictable; universal, but unique in timing - See drawing on p. 83! Relate to neuromuscular functions Cephalocaudal = head -to-toe Proximodistal = near-to-far Differentiation= simple-to-complex Birth weight - doubles by 4-7 months, triples by 1 year Sequential Trends - correct answer Definite, predictable sequence ie: Children crawl before they creep and creep before they stand Developmental pace - correct answer Fixed order to development all children do not progress at same rate. physical growth - correct answer Skeletal/Bone Age Most accurate measure of general development. Radiologic determination of osseous maturation Neurologic 2 periods of rapid brain growth occur during fetal life: 15-20 weeks and again at 30weeks until 1 year old Rapid growth continues during early childhood and slows during later childhood and adolescence Lymphoid Tissues Tissues are small but are well developed at birth reaching adult dimensions by 6 years old