PNCB-PC (Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) -
Ready-to-use question papers with solutions
Continuity vs Discontinuity Accurate answer - continual process vs distinct
stages
Freud Accurate answer - Infancy: oral, Toddler: anal, Preschool: phallic,
School age: latency, Adolescence: genital
Id: pleasure, Ego: reality/self-interest, Superego: morality/conscience
Erikson Accurate answer - Infant: trust vs mistrust, Toddler: autonomy vs
shame, Pre-school: initiative vs guilt, School age: industry vs inferiority,
Adolescence: identity vs role confusion, Young Adult: intimacy vs isolation,
Older: integrity vs despair
Piaget Accurate answer - Sensorimotor: birth-2years, Preoperational: 2-7
years, Concrete operational: 7-12 years, Formal operational: 12+
Ecological Model Accurate answer - Microsystem: home, school.
Mesosysem: between Microsystems (case management). Ecosystem: school board,
parent's job (indirect effects), microsystem: culture, history (welfare)
Preterm Accurate answer - <37 weeks, late preterm 34-36 weeks
Low Birth Weight Accurate answer - <2500g, VLBW <1500g, ELBW
<1000g
weight for gestational age Accurate answer - AGA: appropriate
LGA: large, >90th%, associated with diabetes
SGA: small: Symmetric IUGR: wt, length, head all SGA, syndrome or long
standing problem during pregnancy : Asymmetrical IUGR: underweight for length
& HC, acute compromise to fetus-placental insufficiency
Average newborn Accurate answer - 20.16 inches, 7.63 lbs, 14.2 inches HC,
CC= HC - 2cm
,Weight Gain Accurate answer - initial 8-10% loss in first 3-4 days, regained
in 7 days with formula or 14 days with breast feeding, doubles by 6 months, triples
by 1 year, quadruples by 2 years
Length Gain Accurate answer - 1 inch per month in first 6months, 0.5
inches/month 6mo-1 year, Inc by 50% in 1 year, doubles by 4 years, triples by 13y
Head Growth Accurate answer - Increases 0.5 inches/month in frost 6
months, then 0.3 inches/month through 1st year
Suture Closure Accurate answer - Posterior Fontanel: 6-8 weeks
Anterior Fontanel: 12-18 months
Dental Development Accurate answer - Lower Central Incisors: 6-10 mo,
lose at 6-7 years
Upper Central Incisors: 8-12 mo, lose at 6-7 years
Upper Lateral Incisors: 9-13 mo, lose at 7-8 years
Lower Lateral Incisors: 10-16 mo, lose at 7-8 years
Upper First Molar: 13-19 mo, lose at 9-11 years
Lower First Molar: 14-18 mo, lose at 9-11 years
Upper Canine: 16-22 mo, lose at 10-12 years
Lower Canine: 17-23 mo, lose at 9-12 years
Lower Second Molar: 23-31 mo, lose at 10-12 years
Upper Second Molar: 25-33 mo, lose at 10-12 years
Survival Reflexes Accurate answer - Breathing, hiccups, sneezes, sucking,
swallowing, cry, shiver, tuck legs close to body, rooting
Non-Survival Reflexes Accurate answer - Babinski, stepping, swimming,
grasping, moro/startle
Palmar grasp reflex Accurate answer - strongest at 1-2 months, disappears
by 3 months
Plantar grasp reflex Accurate answer - disappears after 8 months
Moro Reflex Accurate answer - disappears by 6 months
Stepping Reflex Accurate answer - disappears before voluntary walking
, Asymmetric tonic neck reflex (fencing) Accurate answer - diminished by 3-
4 months, disappears by 6 months
Vision development Accurate answer - blink and pupil constriction = baby
can see
vision 20/30 by 5 years
Object Permanence Accurate answer - 8-12 months
Temperments Accurate answer - Easy (40%): adaptable, rhythmic,
approachable, low intensity
Slow-to-warm-up: (15%) less active, more avoidant, less adaptable, more negative,
low intensity
Difficult: (10%) arrhythmic, more avoidant, less adaptable, more negative moods,
high intensity
Intermediate high and intermediate low (35%)
synchrony Accurate answer - secure attachment development by 1 year,
sensate, coordinated, mutually regulated, reciprocal style of social interaction
between parent and infant
Social Smile Accurate answer - 6 weeks
Stranger Danger & Separation Anxiety Accurate answer - SD: begins at 6
mo, peaks at 12mo
SA: begins at 8-9 mo, peaks at 14 mo
Insecure Attachment Accurate answer - anger, anxiety, ambivalence,
confusion
Toddler Physical Growth Accurate answer - 2-6 years old, avg 6 yo is 46 lbs
& 46 inches, dec appetite, 3 inches/year, 4 lbs/year
Toddler Motor Development Accurate answer - improved fine and gross
motor skills
Toddler Cognitive Development Accurate answer - Egocentricism: focus
thinking from own perspective
Animism: inanimate objects think and feel like they do
Ready-to-use question papers with solutions
Continuity vs Discontinuity Accurate answer - continual process vs distinct
stages
Freud Accurate answer - Infancy: oral, Toddler: anal, Preschool: phallic,
School age: latency, Adolescence: genital
Id: pleasure, Ego: reality/self-interest, Superego: morality/conscience
Erikson Accurate answer - Infant: trust vs mistrust, Toddler: autonomy vs
shame, Pre-school: initiative vs guilt, School age: industry vs inferiority,
Adolescence: identity vs role confusion, Young Adult: intimacy vs isolation,
Older: integrity vs despair
Piaget Accurate answer - Sensorimotor: birth-2years, Preoperational: 2-7
years, Concrete operational: 7-12 years, Formal operational: 12+
Ecological Model Accurate answer - Microsystem: home, school.
Mesosysem: between Microsystems (case management). Ecosystem: school board,
parent's job (indirect effects), microsystem: culture, history (welfare)
Preterm Accurate answer - <37 weeks, late preterm 34-36 weeks
Low Birth Weight Accurate answer - <2500g, VLBW <1500g, ELBW
<1000g
weight for gestational age Accurate answer - AGA: appropriate
LGA: large, >90th%, associated with diabetes
SGA: small: Symmetric IUGR: wt, length, head all SGA, syndrome or long
standing problem during pregnancy : Asymmetrical IUGR: underweight for length
& HC, acute compromise to fetus-placental insufficiency
Average newborn Accurate answer - 20.16 inches, 7.63 lbs, 14.2 inches HC,
CC= HC - 2cm
,Weight Gain Accurate answer - initial 8-10% loss in first 3-4 days, regained
in 7 days with formula or 14 days with breast feeding, doubles by 6 months, triples
by 1 year, quadruples by 2 years
Length Gain Accurate answer - 1 inch per month in first 6months, 0.5
inches/month 6mo-1 year, Inc by 50% in 1 year, doubles by 4 years, triples by 13y
Head Growth Accurate answer - Increases 0.5 inches/month in frost 6
months, then 0.3 inches/month through 1st year
Suture Closure Accurate answer - Posterior Fontanel: 6-8 weeks
Anterior Fontanel: 12-18 months
Dental Development Accurate answer - Lower Central Incisors: 6-10 mo,
lose at 6-7 years
Upper Central Incisors: 8-12 mo, lose at 6-7 years
Upper Lateral Incisors: 9-13 mo, lose at 7-8 years
Lower Lateral Incisors: 10-16 mo, lose at 7-8 years
Upper First Molar: 13-19 mo, lose at 9-11 years
Lower First Molar: 14-18 mo, lose at 9-11 years
Upper Canine: 16-22 mo, lose at 10-12 years
Lower Canine: 17-23 mo, lose at 9-12 years
Lower Second Molar: 23-31 mo, lose at 10-12 years
Upper Second Molar: 25-33 mo, lose at 10-12 years
Survival Reflexes Accurate answer - Breathing, hiccups, sneezes, sucking,
swallowing, cry, shiver, tuck legs close to body, rooting
Non-Survival Reflexes Accurate answer - Babinski, stepping, swimming,
grasping, moro/startle
Palmar grasp reflex Accurate answer - strongest at 1-2 months, disappears
by 3 months
Plantar grasp reflex Accurate answer - disappears after 8 months
Moro Reflex Accurate answer - disappears by 6 months
Stepping Reflex Accurate answer - disappears before voluntary walking
, Asymmetric tonic neck reflex (fencing) Accurate answer - diminished by 3-
4 months, disappears by 6 months
Vision development Accurate answer - blink and pupil constriction = baby
can see
vision 20/30 by 5 years
Object Permanence Accurate answer - 8-12 months
Temperments Accurate answer - Easy (40%): adaptable, rhythmic,
approachable, low intensity
Slow-to-warm-up: (15%) less active, more avoidant, less adaptable, more negative,
low intensity
Difficult: (10%) arrhythmic, more avoidant, less adaptable, more negative moods,
high intensity
Intermediate high and intermediate low (35%)
synchrony Accurate answer - secure attachment development by 1 year,
sensate, coordinated, mutually regulated, reciprocal style of social interaction
between parent and infant
Social Smile Accurate answer - 6 weeks
Stranger Danger & Separation Anxiety Accurate answer - SD: begins at 6
mo, peaks at 12mo
SA: begins at 8-9 mo, peaks at 14 mo
Insecure Attachment Accurate answer - anger, anxiety, ambivalence,
confusion
Toddler Physical Growth Accurate answer - 2-6 years old, avg 6 yo is 46 lbs
& 46 inches, dec appetite, 3 inches/year, 4 lbs/year
Toddler Motor Development Accurate answer - improved fine and gross
motor skills
Toddler Cognitive Development Accurate answer - Egocentricism: focus
thinking from own perspective
Animism: inanimate objects think and feel like they do
