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BSNC 1000 - Module 2 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Growth - answer✔✔- quantitative (an increase in cell number and size results in an increase in
overall size or weight of the body and its parts)
- indicators: height, weight, teeth, skeletal structures, sexual characteristics
Development - answer✔✔- qualitative (difficult to measure)
- includes growth, maturation and differentiation
- a progressive and continuous process of change leading to increased skill and capacity to
function (the result of interactions between biological and environmental influences)
Scope of growth and development - answer✔✔- expected
- delayed
- advanced
Period of risk for growth and development - answer✔✔- risk of adverse effects during stage of
rapid growth and change: embryonic, infant, toddler, preschool, school age, and adolescent
stages
Risk factors for growth and development - answer✔✔- prenatal factors
- birth factors
- individual factors
- family factors
- situational factors
- determinants of health
- toxic stress
- health status
Characteristics of developmental changes - answer✔✔- continuous and orderly
- head to foot (cephalocaudal - e.g., baby's head)
, BRIGHTSTARS EXAM STUDY SOLUTIONS 8/15/2024 2:05 PM
- trunk to extremities (proximodistal)
- simple to complex, general to specific (e.g., larger muscle before smaller muscles)
Factors influencing growth and development - answer✔✔- environment in which the person
lives
- genetics
- the interaction between these two
Erikson's 8 stages of life - answer✔✔- psychosocial model that covers the entire lifespan
- each person goes through 8 stages of development
- they need to accomplish a particular task before moving on to the next stage (each stage builds
upon the successful resolution of the previous developmental conflict)
- maturation and ego activity are the primary mechanisms of development
Function of (1) ego and (2) maturation - answer✔✔- (1): mediates the conflicts between the
biological needs and societal norms
- (2): establishes the timeline of this mediation
Epigenesis - answer✔✔- the developmental results of the mechanisms of ego and maturation
- successive gradual change
Nursing implications of Erikson's theory - answer✔✔- the quality of early developmental work
is important
- the original required trust elements cannot be retrieved (epigenesis) therefore...
- the health promotion model is important (children need familial, societal and community
support for proper development)
Older adult in Canada - answer✔✔- persons over the age 65
- generally at this age physical and cognitive impairments begin
Chronological age - answer✔✔- age as measured in years from date of birth
- may have little relation to the reality of aging of an older person
Demographics of older adults in Canada - answer✔✔- older adult population is growing
- women tend to have a longer life expectancy than men
Demographics of older adults in BC - answer✔✔- highest life expectancy in Canada
BSNC 1000 - Module 2 Exam Questions
With Correct Answers.
Growth - answer✔✔- quantitative (an increase in cell number and size results in an increase in
overall size or weight of the body and its parts)
- indicators: height, weight, teeth, skeletal structures, sexual characteristics
Development - answer✔✔- qualitative (difficult to measure)
- includes growth, maturation and differentiation
- a progressive and continuous process of change leading to increased skill and capacity to
function (the result of interactions between biological and environmental influences)
Scope of growth and development - answer✔✔- expected
- delayed
- advanced
Period of risk for growth and development - answer✔✔- risk of adverse effects during stage of
rapid growth and change: embryonic, infant, toddler, preschool, school age, and adolescent
stages
Risk factors for growth and development - answer✔✔- prenatal factors
- birth factors
- individual factors
- family factors
- situational factors
- determinants of health
- toxic stress
- health status
Characteristics of developmental changes - answer✔✔- continuous and orderly
- head to foot (cephalocaudal - e.g., baby's head)
, BRIGHTSTARS EXAM STUDY SOLUTIONS 8/15/2024 2:05 PM
- trunk to extremities (proximodistal)
- simple to complex, general to specific (e.g., larger muscle before smaller muscles)
Factors influencing growth and development - answer✔✔- environment in which the person
lives
- genetics
- the interaction between these two
Erikson's 8 stages of life - answer✔✔- psychosocial model that covers the entire lifespan
- each person goes through 8 stages of development
- they need to accomplish a particular task before moving on to the next stage (each stage builds
upon the successful resolution of the previous developmental conflict)
- maturation and ego activity are the primary mechanisms of development
Function of (1) ego and (2) maturation - answer✔✔- (1): mediates the conflicts between the
biological needs and societal norms
- (2): establishes the timeline of this mediation
Epigenesis - answer✔✔- the developmental results of the mechanisms of ego and maturation
- successive gradual change
Nursing implications of Erikson's theory - answer✔✔- the quality of early developmental work
is important
- the original required trust elements cannot be retrieved (epigenesis) therefore...
- the health promotion model is important (children need familial, societal and community
support for proper development)
Older adult in Canada - answer✔✔- persons over the age 65
- generally at this age physical and cognitive impairments begin
Chronological age - answer✔✔- age as measured in years from date of birth
- may have little relation to the reality of aging of an older person
Demographics of older adults in Canada - answer✔✔- older adult population is growing
- women tend to have a longer life expectancy than men
Demographics of older adults in BC - answer✔✔- highest life expectancy in Canada
