Child Life Certification Exam Questions and Answers
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Ages most vulnerable to the negative effects of hospitalization
9 months - 4 years
Sensitizer/ Vigilent
Focuses on the details, displays anticipatory worry
Catastrophizer
Tend to blow details out of proportion
Minimizer
Tend to play down the information. Function best not knowing it all and need only highlights
Denier/ Avoider
Don't want to think or talk about it
Egocentrism
Inability to see a situation from another persons view
Conservation
Understanding something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes
Sensorimotor Stage
(0 - 2 years of age): Child learns through their actions. Beginning to understand cause and effect
relationships
Preoperational Stage
(2 - 7 years of age): Can mentally represent events and objects and engage in symbolic play.
Concrete Operational Stage
,(7 - 11 years of age): Can think logically but mainly relies on physical objects. Has the ability to
comprehend the meaning of a series of actions and understands sequence of events.
Formal Operational Stage
(12+ years of age): Capable of abstract thought, have the ability to include logic, deductive
reasoning, comparison and classification.
Assimilation
Taking in (information)
Accommodation
The process of altering old patterns of thinking to allow for the further assimilation of
information
Cultural Destructiveness
Actively carries out activities that destroy or disrupt cultural beliefs or practices
Cultural Incapacity
Accept the existence of other cultures, unable to work effectively with others
Cultural Blindness
Assume that all people are basically alike; ignore cultural differences
Cultural Pre-Competence
Willing to learn about and understand other cultures
Cultural Competency
Acceptance and respect for difference, continuing self-assessment regarding culture, careful
attention to the dynamics of difference, continuous expansion of knowledge and resources
Cultural Proficiency
, Advocates for cultural competence throughout the system and for improved relations between
cultures throughout society
Key Variables Associated with Children's Ability to Cope with Hospitalization
Child's temperament, coping style, parental level of anxiety, number of invasive medical
procedures
Sequence of reactions of young children to separation from primary caregivers
Protest, Despair, Detachment
Protest
Active and aggressive response to absence of the parent and is characterized by crying,
screaming, kicking while watching for signs of the parent's return
Despair
Depressed, withdrawn and quiet. Period characterized by "increasing hopelessness"
Detachment
Forms superficial attachments to others, becomes increasingly self-centered, and becomes
more interested in material objects
Key elements of effective preparation
Providing developmentally appropriate information, the encouragement of emotional
expression, the formation of a trusting relationship with a health care professional
Subjective Observations
Problem as perceived by the patient or the patient's family. The speaker's own words are used.
Objective Notations
Observations health care personnel make through seeing, hearing, or feeling the patient
Overt or Active Responses
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Ages most vulnerable to the negative effects of hospitalization
9 months - 4 years
Sensitizer/ Vigilent
Focuses on the details, displays anticipatory worry
Catastrophizer
Tend to blow details out of proportion
Minimizer
Tend to play down the information. Function best not knowing it all and need only highlights
Denier/ Avoider
Don't want to think or talk about it
Egocentrism
Inability to see a situation from another persons view
Conservation
Understanding something stays the same in quantity even though its appearance changes
Sensorimotor Stage
(0 - 2 years of age): Child learns through their actions. Beginning to understand cause and effect
relationships
Preoperational Stage
(2 - 7 years of age): Can mentally represent events and objects and engage in symbolic play.
Concrete Operational Stage
,(7 - 11 years of age): Can think logically but mainly relies on physical objects. Has the ability to
comprehend the meaning of a series of actions and understands sequence of events.
Formal Operational Stage
(12+ years of age): Capable of abstract thought, have the ability to include logic, deductive
reasoning, comparison and classification.
Assimilation
Taking in (information)
Accommodation
The process of altering old patterns of thinking to allow for the further assimilation of
information
Cultural Destructiveness
Actively carries out activities that destroy or disrupt cultural beliefs or practices
Cultural Incapacity
Accept the existence of other cultures, unable to work effectively with others
Cultural Blindness
Assume that all people are basically alike; ignore cultural differences
Cultural Pre-Competence
Willing to learn about and understand other cultures
Cultural Competency
Acceptance and respect for difference, continuing self-assessment regarding culture, careful
attention to the dynamics of difference, continuous expansion of knowledge and resources
Cultural Proficiency
, Advocates for cultural competence throughout the system and for improved relations between
cultures throughout society
Key Variables Associated with Children's Ability to Cope with Hospitalization
Child's temperament, coping style, parental level of anxiety, number of invasive medical
procedures
Sequence of reactions of young children to separation from primary caregivers
Protest, Despair, Detachment
Protest
Active and aggressive response to absence of the parent and is characterized by crying,
screaming, kicking while watching for signs of the parent's return
Despair
Depressed, withdrawn and quiet. Period characterized by "increasing hopelessness"
Detachment
Forms superficial attachments to others, becomes increasingly self-centered, and becomes
more interested in material objects
Key elements of effective preparation
Providing developmentally appropriate information, the encouragement of emotional
expression, the formation of a trusting relationship with a health care professional
Subjective Observations
Problem as perceived by the patient or the patient's family. The speaker's own words are used.
Objective Notations
Observations health care personnel make through seeing, hearing, or feeling the patient
Overt or Active Responses
