12/20/25, 1:00 PM Chapter 09: Health Promotion of the Infant and Family Hockenberry: Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 10th Edition (Exam 1…
Science Medicine Pediatrics
Chapter 09: Health Promotion of the Infant and Family
Hockenberry: Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 10th
Edition (Exam 1)
Terms in this set (39)
A nurse is assessing a 12-month-old infant. ANS: C
Which statement best describes the infant's Growth is very rapid during the first year of life. The birth
physical development a nurse should weight has approximately doubled by
expect to find? age 5 to 6 months and triples by age 1 year. The anterior
fontanel closes at age 12 to 18
a. Anterior fontanel closes by age 6 to 10 months. Binocularity is not established until age 15 months.
months. Maternal iron stores are usually
b. Binocularity is well established by age 8 depleted by age 6 months.
months. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: p. 302
c. Birth weight doubles by age 5 months and TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
triples by age 1 year. MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
d. Maternal iron stores persist during the Maintenance: Growth and Development
first 12 months of life.
The nurse is assessing a 6-month-old ANS: B
healthy infant who weighed 7 pounds at Birth weight doubles at about age 5 to 6 months. At 6 months,
birth. The nurse should expect the infant to a child who weighed 7 pounds at
now weigh approximately how many birth would weigh approximately 15 pounds; 10 pounds is too
pounds? little. The infant would have gone
from the 50th percentile at birth to below the 5th percentile;
a. 10 20 to 25 pounds is too much. The
b. 15 infant would have tripled the birth weight at 6 months.
c. 20 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: p. 301
d. 25 TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance: Growth and Development
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The nurse is doing a routine assessment on a ANS: A
14-month-old infant and notes that the This is a normal finding. The anterior fontanel closes between
anterior fontanel is closed. How should the ages 12 and 18 months. No further intervention is required.
nurse interpret this finding? DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: p. 301
TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
a. Normal finding MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
b. Finding requiring a referral Maintenance
c. Abnormal finding
d. Normal finding, but requires rechecking in
1 month
A nurse is assessing a 6-month-old infant. ANS: A
The nurse recognizes the posterior fontanel The bones surrounding the posterior fontanel fuse and close
usually closes at which age? by age 6 to 8 weeks; 10 to 12 weeks, 4 to 6 months, and 8 to 10
months are too late. The posterior fontanel is usually closed
a. 6 to 8 weeks by age 8 weeks.
b. 10 to 12 weeks DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember REF: p. 301
c. 4 to 6 months TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
d. 8 to 10 months MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
The parents of a 9-month-old infant tell the ANS: D
nurse that they have noticed foods such as The immaturity of the digestive tract is evident in the
peas and corn are not completely digested appearance of the stools. Solid foods are
and can be seen in their infant's passed incompletely broken down in the feces. An excess
stools. The nurse's explanation of this is quantity of fiber predisposes the child
based on which statement? to large, bulky stools. This is normal for the child and is a
normal part of the maturational
a. Child should not be given fibrous foods process; no further investigation is necessary.
until digestive tract matures at age 4 years. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: p. 306
b. Child should not be given any solid TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
foods until this digestive problem is MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
resolved. Maintenance
c. This is abnormal and requires further
investigation.
d. This is normal because of the immaturity
of digestive processes at this age.
A 3-month-old infant, born at 38 weeks of ANS: A
gestation, will hold a rattle if it is put in her Holding a rattle but not voluntarily grasping it is indicative of
hands, but she will not voluntarily grasp it. normal development. Reflexive
How should the nurse interpret this grasping occurs during the first 2 to 3 months and then
action? gradually becomes voluntary. The infant
is expected to be able to perform this task by age 3 months. If
a. Normal development the child's age is corrected
b. Significant developmental lag because of being 2 weeks preterm, the child is at the midpoint
c. Slightly delayed development due to of the range for this
prematurity developmental task and the behavior is age appropriate. No
d. Suggestive of a neurologic disorder such evidence of neurologic dysfunction
as cerebral palsy is present.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: p. 306
TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
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Science Medicine Pediatrics
Chapter 09: Health Promotion of the Infant and Family
Hockenberry: Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 10th
Edition (Exam 1)
Terms in this set (39)
A nurse is assessing a 12-month-old infant. ANS: C
Which statement best describes the infant's Growth is very rapid during the first year of life. The birth
physical development a nurse should weight has approximately doubled by
expect to find? age 5 to 6 months and triples by age 1 year. The anterior
fontanel closes at age 12 to 18
a. Anterior fontanel closes by age 6 to 10 months. Binocularity is not established until age 15 months.
months. Maternal iron stores are usually
b. Binocularity is well established by age 8 depleted by age 6 months.
months. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: p. 302
c. Birth weight doubles by age 5 months and TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
triples by age 1 year. MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
d. Maternal iron stores persist during the Maintenance: Growth and Development
first 12 months of life.
The nurse is assessing a 6-month-old ANS: B
healthy infant who weighed 7 pounds at Birth weight doubles at about age 5 to 6 months. At 6 months,
birth. The nurse should expect the infant to a child who weighed 7 pounds at
now weigh approximately how many birth would weigh approximately 15 pounds; 10 pounds is too
pounds? little. The infant would have gone
from the 50th percentile at birth to below the 5th percentile;
a. 10 20 to 25 pounds is too much. The
b. 15 infant would have tripled the birth weight at 6 months.
c. 20 DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand REF: p. 301
d. 25 TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance: Growth and Development
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The nurse is doing a routine assessment on a ANS: A
14-month-old infant and notes that the This is a normal finding. The anterior fontanel closes between
anterior fontanel is closed. How should the ages 12 and 18 months. No further intervention is required.
nurse interpret this finding? DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: p. 301
TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
a. Normal finding MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
b. Finding requiring a referral Maintenance
c. Abnormal finding
d. Normal finding, but requires rechecking in
1 month
A nurse is assessing a 6-month-old infant. ANS: A
The nurse recognizes the posterior fontanel The bones surrounding the posterior fontanel fuse and close
usually closes at which age? by age 6 to 8 weeks; 10 to 12 weeks, 4 to 6 months, and 8 to 10
months are too late. The posterior fontanel is usually closed
a. 6 to 8 weeks by age 8 weeks.
b. 10 to 12 weeks DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember REF: p. 301
c. 4 to 6 months TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
d. 8 to 10 months MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
The parents of a 9-month-old infant tell the ANS: D
nurse that they have noticed foods such as The immaturity of the digestive tract is evident in the
peas and corn are not completely digested appearance of the stools. Solid foods are
and can be seen in their infant's passed incompletely broken down in the feces. An excess
stools. The nurse's explanation of this is quantity of fiber predisposes the child
based on which statement? to large, bulky stools. This is normal for the child and is a
normal part of the maturational
a. Child should not be given fibrous foods process; no further investigation is necessary.
until digestive tract matures at age 4 years. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: p. 306
b. Child should not be given any solid TOP: Integrated Process: Teaching/Learning
foods until this digestive problem is MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
resolved. Maintenance
c. This is abnormal and requires further
investigation.
d. This is normal because of the immaturity
of digestive processes at this age.
A 3-month-old infant, born at 38 weeks of ANS: A
gestation, will hold a rattle if it is put in her Holding a rattle but not voluntarily grasping it is indicative of
hands, but she will not voluntarily grasp it. normal development. Reflexive
How should the nurse interpret this grasping occurs during the first 2 to 3 months and then
action? gradually becomes voluntary. The infant
is expected to be able to perform this task by age 3 months. If
a. Normal development the child's age is corrected
b. Significant developmental lag because of being 2 weeks preterm, the child is at the midpoint
c. Slightly delayed development due to of the range for this
prematurity developmental task and the behavior is age appropriate. No
d. Suggestive of a neurologic disorder such evidence of neurologic dysfunction
as cerebral palsy is present.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply REF: p. 306
TOP: Integrated Process: Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Area of Client Needs: Health Promotion and
Maintenance
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