DEVELOPMENTAL CARE AND ANTICIPATORY
GUIDANCE 45 QUESTIONS PNCB PEDIATRIC
NURSING CERTIFICATION REVIEW COURSE;
ASSESSMENT OF GROWTH.
Growth and Development Concepts: Are growth and development the same? - Answer
-No, growth and development are not the same
Growth and Development Concepts: What does growth imply but doesn't necessarily
include? - Answer -Growth implies increase in size, doesn't alway include development
Growth and Development Concepts: What is development? - Answer -maturation of
structures
Growth and Development Concepts: Does development include growth? - Answer -yes,
development includes growth
Development Progresses in 3 Ways: Cephalocaudally - Answer -from head to toe
(head control, sitting, then walking)
Development Progresses in 3 Ways: Proximodistally - Answer -from trunk to its of
extremities (move arms/legs before picking things up with fingers)
Development Progresses in 3 Ways: General to specific--give examples - Answer -
crawling, walking, then skipping
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of rapid growth and head grows
fastest? - Answer -infancy
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of slow growth, trunk grows fastest? -
Answer -toddler-preschool
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of slow growth, limbs grow fastest? -
Answer -school age
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of rapid growth, trunk and gonads grow
fastest? - Answer -Adolescence
Instinctual smile - Answer -2 mos
social smile, begins to babble, turn to rattling noise, notices own hands - Answer -3
mos
, laughs - Answer -4 mos
exhibits stranger anxiety, heightens at what month? - Answer -4-6, & 9 mos
imitates expression of others, enjoys peek-a-boo - Answer -7-9 mos
claps hands; waves bye - Answer -10-12 mos
continuous babbling, babbles in response to sounds as in conversation - Answer -6
mos
understands cause and effect - Answer -7-9 mos
points to objects when named; says "mama and dada"; - Answer -10-12 mos
How many words can a 10-12 month old say? - Answer -5 words
lift head; follows to midline; posterior fontanel closes - Answer -2 mos
eyes can tract objects 180 degrees; raises head when lying on stomach; notices own
hands - Answer -3 mos
rakes objects; grasps rattle; begins to roll over (first from stomach to back) - Answer -4
mos
rolls over from back to front; transfers objects from hand to hand; reaches; pushes up
on knees and hands and rocks back and forth; sits with support - Answer -5-6 mos
sits without support - Answer -8 mos
develops pincer grasp; feeds self bottle or cheerios; crawls; stands holding on - Answer
-9 mos
claps hands; waves bye; pulls self up to stand; cruises; walks with support; may take
first steps - Answer -10-12 mos
walking, typically - Answer -12-15 mos
When do reflexes usually disappear by? - Answer -4 mos
rooting - Answer -stroke cheek; face will turn toward stroked cheek an dbegin to suck
moro - Answer -with loud noise or sudden movement, infant will extend limb and
spread fingers, then retract limbs
GUIDANCE 45 QUESTIONS PNCB PEDIATRIC
NURSING CERTIFICATION REVIEW COURSE;
ASSESSMENT OF GROWTH.
Growth and Development Concepts: Are growth and development the same? - Answer
-No, growth and development are not the same
Growth and Development Concepts: What does growth imply but doesn't necessarily
include? - Answer -Growth implies increase in size, doesn't alway include development
Growth and Development Concepts: What is development? - Answer -maturation of
structures
Growth and Development Concepts: Does development include growth? - Answer -yes,
development includes growth
Development Progresses in 3 Ways: Cephalocaudally - Answer -from head to toe
(head control, sitting, then walking)
Development Progresses in 3 Ways: Proximodistally - Answer -from trunk to its of
extremities (move arms/legs before picking things up with fingers)
Development Progresses in 3 Ways: General to specific--give examples - Answer -
crawling, walking, then skipping
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of rapid growth and head grows
fastest? - Answer -infancy
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of slow growth, trunk grows fastest? -
Answer -toddler-preschool
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of slow growth, limbs grow fastest? -
Answer -school age
Growth Pattern By Developmental Stage: Stage of rapid growth, trunk and gonads grow
fastest? - Answer -Adolescence
Instinctual smile - Answer -2 mos
social smile, begins to babble, turn to rattling noise, notices own hands - Answer -3
mos
, laughs - Answer -4 mos
exhibits stranger anxiety, heightens at what month? - Answer -4-6, & 9 mos
imitates expression of others, enjoys peek-a-boo - Answer -7-9 mos
claps hands; waves bye - Answer -10-12 mos
continuous babbling, babbles in response to sounds as in conversation - Answer -6
mos
understands cause and effect - Answer -7-9 mos
points to objects when named; says "mama and dada"; - Answer -10-12 mos
How many words can a 10-12 month old say? - Answer -5 words
lift head; follows to midline; posterior fontanel closes - Answer -2 mos
eyes can tract objects 180 degrees; raises head when lying on stomach; notices own
hands - Answer -3 mos
rakes objects; grasps rattle; begins to roll over (first from stomach to back) - Answer -4
mos
rolls over from back to front; transfers objects from hand to hand; reaches; pushes up
on knees and hands and rocks back and forth; sits with support - Answer -5-6 mos
sits without support - Answer -8 mos
develops pincer grasp; feeds self bottle or cheerios; crawls; stands holding on - Answer
-9 mos
claps hands; waves bye; pulls self up to stand; cruises; walks with support; may take
first steps - Answer -10-12 mos
walking, typically - Answer -12-15 mos
When do reflexes usually disappear by? - Answer -4 mos
rooting - Answer -stroke cheek; face will turn toward stroked cheek an dbegin to suck
moro - Answer -with loud noise or sudden movement, infant will extend limb and
spread fingers, then retract limbs
