NURS 373 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NURS
373 FINAL STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What is family-centered care? - ANS ✔✔- Family-centered care recognizes the family as the unit of care
- Family is defined by the patient
- Family includes those people who are significant to the patient
- The relationship between the patient, the family, and the pediatric nurse is based on mutual respect
and trust
What is family nursing? - ANS ✔✔- Nurses have an ethical and moral obligation to involve families in
their healthcare practices
- Evidence that the family has a significant impact on the health and well-being of individual members
- Nurses that specialize in family nursing recognize that illness needs to be treated as a family affair
Neonate - ANS ✔✔Birth to 27 or 28 days
Infancy - ANS ✔✔0-12 months
Toddler - ANS ✔✔1-3 years
Preschool - ANS ✔✔4-6 years
School Age/Childhood - ANS ✔✔7-11 years
Adolesence - ANS ✔✔12-18 years
What is expected in the development of a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Nurturance: meeting
basic needs
- Sense of trust: dependability, security
- Oral phase: importance of sucking
- Environment: strangers, safety
- Major stressors: separation
What is expected in the growth of a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Length increases by 50%
- Weight doubles by 6 months and triples by 1 year
- Anterior and posterior fontanelles close
- Eruption of teeth around 8 months
What are some interventions for a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Have parents present
- Familiar objects
- Cuddling
- Rocking
- Music
- Sucking
- Soft, slow voice
, What are some factors affecting the development of a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Lack of
prenatal care
- Malnutrition
- Born prematurely (stop correcting at 2 years)
- Genetics
- Chronic conditions
- Sleep
- Hydration
- Chronic stress
- Culture
- Social attachments
What are the directional growth patterns in an infant? - ANS ✔✔Cephalocaudal, proximal, and distal:
head and neck, then upper arms, then hands, then fingers
What is expected in the development of a child in the toddler stage? - ANS ✔✔- Motor skills develop
faster than intellectual
- Sense of autonomy
- Must have mastery of self and environment
- Separation from mother
- Anal stage: seeking control, ritualistic, tantrums
- Major stressors: separation, fear of bodily harm, and alteration in routine
What is expected in the growth of a child in the toddler stage? - ANS ✔✔- Growth rate slows in 2nd year
of life (mostly in legs)
- Limited food intake: picky
- Growth spurts: steplike on growth curve
- By age 2: half of adult height
- Head circumference = chest circumference
- Birth weight quadrupled (avg. 27lbs)
- By 33 months, all deciduous teeth erupted and child has about 20 teeth in total
What are some interventions for a child in the toddler stage? - ANS ✔✔- Familiar objects
- Parents present
- Allow for appropriate choices
- Use simple terms: child's language
- Avoid yes/no questions
What is expected in the development of a child in the preschool stage? - ANS ✔✔- Increasing
independence: imaginative, curious, energetic learning
- Sense of initiative: developing self image
- Learning through imitation
- Socializes with peers
- Major stressors: fear of bodily harm, loss of control, heightened imagination leads to increased anxiety
What is expected in the growth of a child in the preschool stage? - ANS ✔✔- Slow and steady (long
bones of arms and legs)
373 FINAL STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
What is family-centered care? - ANS ✔✔- Family-centered care recognizes the family as the unit of care
- Family is defined by the patient
- Family includes those people who are significant to the patient
- The relationship between the patient, the family, and the pediatric nurse is based on mutual respect
and trust
What is family nursing? - ANS ✔✔- Nurses have an ethical and moral obligation to involve families in
their healthcare practices
- Evidence that the family has a significant impact on the health and well-being of individual members
- Nurses that specialize in family nursing recognize that illness needs to be treated as a family affair
Neonate - ANS ✔✔Birth to 27 or 28 days
Infancy - ANS ✔✔0-12 months
Toddler - ANS ✔✔1-3 years
Preschool - ANS ✔✔4-6 years
School Age/Childhood - ANS ✔✔7-11 years
Adolesence - ANS ✔✔12-18 years
What is expected in the development of a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Nurturance: meeting
basic needs
- Sense of trust: dependability, security
- Oral phase: importance of sucking
- Environment: strangers, safety
- Major stressors: separation
What is expected in the growth of a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Length increases by 50%
- Weight doubles by 6 months and triples by 1 year
- Anterior and posterior fontanelles close
- Eruption of teeth around 8 months
What are some interventions for a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Have parents present
- Familiar objects
- Cuddling
- Rocking
- Music
- Sucking
- Soft, slow voice
, What are some factors affecting the development of a child in the infant stage? - ANS ✔✔- Lack of
prenatal care
- Malnutrition
- Born prematurely (stop correcting at 2 years)
- Genetics
- Chronic conditions
- Sleep
- Hydration
- Chronic stress
- Culture
- Social attachments
What are the directional growth patterns in an infant? - ANS ✔✔Cephalocaudal, proximal, and distal:
head and neck, then upper arms, then hands, then fingers
What is expected in the development of a child in the toddler stage? - ANS ✔✔- Motor skills develop
faster than intellectual
- Sense of autonomy
- Must have mastery of self and environment
- Separation from mother
- Anal stage: seeking control, ritualistic, tantrums
- Major stressors: separation, fear of bodily harm, and alteration in routine
What is expected in the growth of a child in the toddler stage? - ANS ✔✔- Growth rate slows in 2nd year
of life (mostly in legs)
- Limited food intake: picky
- Growth spurts: steplike on growth curve
- By age 2: half of adult height
- Head circumference = chest circumference
- Birth weight quadrupled (avg. 27lbs)
- By 33 months, all deciduous teeth erupted and child has about 20 teeth in total
What are some interventions for a child in the toddler stage? - ANS ✔✔- Familiar objects
- Parents present
- Allow for appropriate choices
- Use simple terms: child's language
- Avoid yes/no questions
What is expected in the development of a child in the preschool stage? - ANS ✔✔- Increasing
independence: imaginative, curious, energetic learning
- Sense of initiative: developing self image
- Learning through imitation
- Socializes with peers
- Major stressors: fear of bodily harm, loss of control, heightened imagination leads to increased anxiety
What is expected in the growth of a child in the preschool stage? - ANS ✔✔- Slow and steady (long
bones of arms and legs)
