NRS 410 Exam 1 PEDS questions with correct answers

NRS 410 Exam 1 PEDS questions with correct
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answers

Growth - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•used to show an increase or
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change in physical size
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includes: Height, wt, head circumference, VS
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Development - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•used to denote an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


increase in skill or ability to function
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includes Milestones in ability (talking, walking) ask parents
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perspective


growth and development - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•Continual
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processes
•Rate of G/D varies at different times in life
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•Proceeds in an orderly manner |\ |\ |\ |\




-Growth from smaller to larger
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-Dev't from sitting to crawling to walking
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•Different children pass thru predictable stages of development
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at different rates
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growth is... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Cephalocaudal - head to toe
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,development occurs... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•proximo-distal
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direction
-Inside out |\




•Dev't is proximal to distal,
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-Dev't proceeds from gross to refined motor
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-A child cannot learn tasks until the nervous system is ready
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-Neonatal reflexes must be lost before dev't can proceed
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what are factors that influence G/D? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔•Genetics
•Environment
•Culture
•SES
•Gender
•Health Status |\




•Intelligence
•Family
•Nutrition
•Maturity


Newborn - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔0-1 month
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Infant - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1 mo - 11 mo
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,Toddler - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔12-36 months
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Preschool - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔3-6 years
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School age - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔6-12 yr
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Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔13-19 yr |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Why is WT important - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔All peds
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medication dosing is based on weight |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




infants: wt - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•Measure laying down
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•Completely nude |\




children: wt - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•Standing, light clothing, no
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shoes
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Weight Expectations: newborns - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔•Newborns may loose up to 10% of their birth weight (BW) |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Weight Expectations:
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annual
puberty - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•Then annual gain about 5 lbs
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a year
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, •Pubertal weight gain averages |\ |\ |\




•Female 40 lbs |\ |\




Males 52 lbs |\ |\




BW should... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-double by 6 months
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-triple at 1 year |\ |\ |\




-quadruple at 2.5 year |\ |\ |\




Length vs Height - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Length: laying down
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birth-36 months |\




Height: standing up (shorter than length)
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after 36 months |\ |\




Length Expectations - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•0 - 6 mo, gains 1
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inch/month


•6 - 12 mo, gain 0.5 inch/month
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-By end of the first year birth length increases by 50%
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•Ex) 20" NB should be around 30" at age 1
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Obtaining Length - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔•Must have at least 2
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care providers, 4 hands
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-Get help, they are strong!
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