NUR 106 - MODULE F
1. Developmental Needs (Children) Impact What?
*Answer√√ A child's response to illness and on the approach that the nurse must take in developing a
plan
2. Children in good health (Growth Chart)
*Answer√√ Follow a consistent pattern of growth (at any age, there are wide individual ditterences in
measured values)
3. Explain Growth Chart
*Answer√√ Kept in child's medical chart. Plotted as child grows. Separate charts for boys and girls
4. Growth
*Answer√√ Physiological increase in size (weight and Height)
5. Maturation
*Answer√√ Changes that occur due to genetic inheritance, rather than life experiences, illnesses, or injury
6. Development
*Answer√√ Predictable, physiological, psychosocial and cognitive changes over ones life span due to
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,growth and learning (orderly and in a specific manner)
7. Chronological Age
*Answer√√ Age defined in years
8. Developmental Age
*Answer√√ Age based on the functional behaviors that are based on the ability to adapt to
environment
9. Anticipatory Guidance
*Answer√√ Process of understanding upcoming developmental needs and teaching care-givers to meet
those needs
10. Toddler
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (1-3 years) motor ability coordination, sensory skills developing; basic
feelings, emotions, a sense of self, and being independent become important
11. Preschooler
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (3-6 years) continued physiological, psychological, and cogni-tive
growth; better able to care for
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, themselves, interested in playing with other children; beginning to develop a concept of who they are
12. School-age Child
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (6-12 years) interested in achievement; ability to read, write, and
complete academic work
advances; understanding of the world broadens
13. Adolescent
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (12-19 years) transition period between childhood and adult-
hood; physiological
maturation occurs, formal operational thought begins; preparation for becoming an adult takes place
14. Principles of Growth and Development
*Answer√√ Although the sequence is predictable the rate of growth varies and individual
variations due exist in each age.
15. Orderly and Sequential (Principles of Growth and Development)
*Answer√√ (Principles of Growth and Development)
Predictable Ex: Children crawl before they walk
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1. Developmental Needs (Children) Impact What?
*Answer√√ A child's response to illness and on the approach that the nurse must take in developing a
plan
2. Children in good health (Growth Chart)
*Answer√√ Follow a consistent pattern of growth (at any age, there are wide individual ditterences in
measured values)
3. Explain Growth Chart
*Answer√√ Kept in child's medical chart. Plotted as child grows. Separate charts for boys and girls
4. Growth
*Answer√√ Physiological increase in size (weight and Height)
5. Maturation
*Answer√√ Changes that occur due to genetic inheritance, rather than life experiences, illnesses, or injury
6. Development
*Answer√√ Predictable, physiological, psychosocial and cognitive changes over ones life span due to
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,growth and learning (orderly and in a specific manner)
7. Chronological Age
*Answer√√ Age defined in years
8. Developmental Age
*Answer√√ Age based on the functional behaviors that are based on the ability to adapt to
environment
9. Anticipatory Guidance
*Answer√√ Process of understanding upcoming developmental needs and teaching care-givers to meet
those needs
10. Toddler
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (1-3 years) motor ability coordination, sensory skills developing; basic
feelings, emotions, a sense of self, and being independent become important
11. Preschooler
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (3-6 years) continued physiological, psychological, and cogni-tive
growth; better able to care for
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, themselves, interested in playing with other children; beginning to develop a concept of who they are
12. School-age Child
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (6-12 years) interested in achievement; ability to read, write, and
complete academic work
advances; understanding of the world broadens
13. Adolescent
*Answer√√ Stage of Human Development (12-19 years) transition period between childhood and adult-
hood; physiological
maturation occurs, formal operational thought begins; preparation for becoming an adult takes place
14. Principles of Growth and Development
*Answer√√ Although the sequence is predictable the rate of growth varies and individual
variations due exist in each age.
15. Orderly and Sequential (Principles of Growth and Development)
*Answer√√ (Principles of Growth and Development)
Predictable Ex: Children crawl before they walk
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