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Pediatrics Exam 3 Study Guide Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing Review with Key Concepts and Clinical Practice Updated 2025/2026

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Pediatrics Exam 3 Study Guide
**Erikson’s Stages of Development**

Birth – 1 year: Trust vs Mistrust – having needs met by caregiver – gain
faith/optimism

1 year – 3 years: Autonomy vs Shame/Doubt – gain self-control/will power,
develop conscience

3 years – 6 years: Initiative vs Guilt – gain direction/purpose

6 years – 12 years: Industry vs Inferiority – gain competence, understand
cause and effect

12 years – 18 years: Identity vs Role Confusion – gain devotion/fidelity

*Piaget Stages of Cognitive Development**

Birth – 2 years: Sensorimotor – simple learning, trial & error

2 years – 7 years: Preoperational – egocentric, simple associations, concrete
thought, transductive reasoning (“all women with big bellies are pregnant”)

7 years to 11 years: Concrete Operations – logical, coherent thought,
classifying/sorting, problem-solving

11 years – 15 years: Formal Operations – Adaptable/flexible, abstract
thought, can form hypotheses

**Types of Play**

Unoccupied (Infant) – not mobile, random movement

Solitary (Infant/Toddler) – playing alone

Onlooker play (Infant/Toddler) – Watching others play

Parallel Play (Toddler) – play independently with others

Associative Play (Pre-school) – Play together with no goal

Cooperative Play (School-age) – Organized play in group with common goal




Physical Assessment:

Ears: Infants, pull pinna down and back, > 3 yo, pull pinna up and back




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**Pain Scales**

NIPS – <2 mon – facial expression, movement, crying)

FLACC – Infant > 2 mo

Wong-Baker – 3yo-4yo

Numeric – 8 and up, early as 5 if appropriate



**Milestones**

1 month – flexed position, can turn head side to side when prone

2 months – vocalizes distinct from crying, social smile, posterior fontanel
closed

3 months – holds objects but will not reach for them, turns head to follow
sounds, coos/squeals to show pleasure

4 months – moro, tonic neck, and rooting reflex gone, almost no head lag,
rolls from back to side, plays with hands, laughs aloud

5 months – rolls from abdomen to back, birth weight doubled, grasps objects
voluntarily

6 months – teething: 2 lower incisors, imitates sounds/actions, babbles one
syllable, briefly searches for dropped object

7 months – sits, leaning forward on hands, transfers objects from one hand to
another, increasing stranger danger

8 months – sits steadily unsupported

9 months – pulls self to standing position, creeps along furniture, crude
pincer grasp

10 months – develops object permanence

11 months – Cruises/walks with both hands held

12 months – birth weight tripled, birth length increased by 50%, walks with 1
hand held, says 3-5 words besides mama, dada, has a favorite toy

18 months – Anterior fontanel closed, throws ball overhead without falling

24 months – phrases, turn pages of book one by one, picking up objects
without falling, building towers




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