PEDIATRIC HESI HINTS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
Client safety is the hallmark of nursing. The fundamental components of nursing
practice include nursing process integrated with caring, communication, culture
and spirituality, teaching and learning as well as documentation of the integration
of each of these elements. - ANSWER-
Theories of Development: --> - ANSWER-Erikson--8 stages of development:
-Trust vs Mistrust(infancy: 1-2y)
-Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt(2-4)
-Initiative vs guilt(4-5)
-Industry vs Inferiority(5-12)
-Identity vs Role confusion(13-19)
-Intimacy Vs Isolation(20-40)
-Generativity vs. Stagnation(40-65)
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,-Integrity vs. Despair (65-death)
Piaget: 4 stages of cognitive Development:
-Sensorimotor period(0-2)
-Preoperational thought(2-7)
-Concrete operation(7-11)
-Formal operation(12+)
Kohlberg Moral Development:
-Naivete and Egocentrism
-Punishment-obedience orientation
-Instrumental Hedonism and Concrete Reciprocity
-Good boy or Good girl Orientation
-Personal Principle Orientation
-Universal principle Orientation
Knowledge of normal growth and development is used to evaluate interventions
and therapy. For example, what behavior would indicate that thyroid hormone
therapy for a 4-month old is effective? You must know which milestones are
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, accomplished by a 4-month-old. One correct answer would be: Has steady head
control. --> - ANSWER-"The baby can pick up his head & laughs and turns from
his back to his stomach"
Other:
-comforts self with thumb or pacifier
-reacts to sight of bottle or breast
-turns around when lying on stomach
-lifts head and chest when lying on stomach
-picks toy up with one hand
-looks at and reaches for faces and toys
Use facts and principles related to growth and development in planning teaching
interventions. For example:What task could a 5-year-old child with diabetes expect
to accomplish by himself/herself? One correct answer would be to let the child
choose the injection sites. This is possible fora preschooler to do and gives the
child some sense of control - ANSWER--Initiative vs guilt(4-5)
-Industry vs Inferiority(5-12)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
PASS
Client safety is the hallmark of nursing. The fundamental components of nursing
practice include nursing process integrated with caring, communication, culture
and spirituality, teaching and learning as well as documentation of the integration
of each of these elements. - ANSWER-
Theories of Development: --> - ANSWER-Erikson--8 stages of development:
-Trust vs Mistrust(infancy: 1-2y)
-Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt(2-4)
-Initiative vs guilt(4-5)
-Industry vs Inferiority(5-12)
-Identity vs Role confusion(13-19)
-Intimacy Vs Isolation(20-40)
-Generativity vs. Stagnation(40-65)
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,-Integrity vs. Despair (65-death)
Piaget: 4 stages of cognitive Development:
-Sensorimotor period(0-2)
-Preoperational thought(2-7)
-Concrete operation(7-11)
-Formal operation(12+)
Kohlberg Moral Development:
-Naivete and Egocentrism
-Punishment-obedience orientation
-Instrumental Hedonism and Concrete Reciprocity
-Good boy or Good girl Orientation
-Personal Principle Orientation
-Universal principle Orientation
Knowledge of normal growth and development is used to evaluate interventions
and therapy. For example, what behavior would indicate that thyroid hormone
therapy for a 4-month old is effective? You must know which milestones are
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, accomplished by a 4-month-old. One correct answer would be: Has steady head
control. --> - ANSWER-"The baby can pick up his head & laughs and turns from
his back to his stomach"
Other:
-comforts self with thumb or pacifier
-reacts to sight of bottle or breast
-turns around when lying on stomach
-lifts head and chest when lying on stomach
-picks toy up with one hand
-looks at and reaches for faces and toys
Use facts and principles related to growth and development in planning teaching
interventions. For example:What task could a 5-year-old child with diabetes expect
to accomplish by himself/herself? One correct answer would be to let the child
choose the injection sites. This is possible fora preschooler to do and gives the
child some sense of control - ANSWER--Initiative vs guilt(4-5)
-Industry vs Inferiority(5-12)
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