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1. How to reduce b b b an infanta head b b b
uncertainty give information b
respond to parents questions and concerns, if cant b b b b b b b b
answer find someone who can be sensitive to disruption
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and inconvenice address emotional, cultural and spiritual
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2. why do we mon-b b b
needs
itor growth and
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- to have earlier diagnoses and better outcomes
development
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-to meet growth curve
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3. physical growth b b
of a child is
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1. quantitative measurement of change in size, length, or
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mass
2. continuous but uneven process b b b
4. physical growth b b
is an indicator of -general health and nutrition
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-shows deviation from growth curve that need further b b b b b b b b
investigation
5. development is
qualitative
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-increase in capacity to function b b b b b
-includes development of new skills the child increasingly b b b b b b b b
respond to environment b b
6. types of growth
-length (infancy) or height (older children)
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measurements
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-weight (Kg n Lbs) b b b
-head circumference (cm or inches) b b b b
7. when do in-
14 days
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fants re-attain
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birth weight b
8. head b
growth and differentiation of nervous system
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circumference b
(HC) reflects b
9. how much does b b b
2 cms till around age 3 months
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growth per month b b
10. from ages 4-6 m, 1 cm how
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much does b b
the HC grow per month
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11. from ages 6-12 0.5 cm m, how
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much does the HC grow per b b b b b b
month
12. when does 2m b b b
the posterior fontanel
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close
13. when is the ante- after 18 m rior
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fontanel not palpable b b
14. with premies their heads can
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be different shapes and sizes
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what is different about their
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head
15. physical differ- -smaller b b
body ences in children -
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sutures not fused b b b
-immature motor development = no control over voluntary b b b b b b b b
movement (infancy reflexes) b b b
-eustachian tubes are shorter and straighter=more b b b b b b
sensitive to sound -heart grows slowly b b b b b
-larynx/trachea very soft b b
-urethra is short=UTIs b b
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-kidney cannot concentrate urine b b b b
-skin is half as thick as adults
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-blood values are different b b b
-The digestive tract is immature at birth n grows through
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adolescence
-mental and emotional differences b b b
16.
physical devel- head to toe, center to periphery
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opment occurs -movement moves from reflexes to gross motor to fine in
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what fashion motor
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17. physical devel- -turn head when prone; lifts head
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momentarily, cant hold opment 1 m head, head lagb b b b b b b
-Hands predominantly closed w grasp reflex strong b b b b b b
-Hand clenches on contact with the rattle b b b b b b
• Able to fixate on moving objects 8-10 inches away b b b b b b b b
-Quiets when hears a voice b b b b
-Cries to express displeasure, some noise b b b b b b
-Primitive reflexes present and strong b b b b
-Doll's eye reflex and dance reflex fading b b b b b b
-Obligatory nose breathing (most infants) b b b b
—sensorimotor =stage I, use of reflexes b b b b b
18. physical devel- b -Can maintain head in same plane as rest of
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body opment 2 m
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-Crawling reflex disappears b b
- follows dangling toy from side to point beyond midline -
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Visually searches to locate sounds b b b b
-Turns head to side when sound is made at level of ear
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• Vocalizes, coos, recognizes voice, cried differeniated b b b b b
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-Demonstrates social smile in response to various stimuli b b b b b b b
19. physical devel- -Primitive reflexes fading opment 3m-
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Able to hold head more erect when sitting
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- Actively holds rattle but will not reach for it b b b b b b b b b
-no Grasp reflex , Hands kept loosely open b b b b b b b
• Follows objects to the periphery b b b b
• Locates sound b b
-Begins to have ability to coordinate stimuli b b b b b b b
-"Talks" b
-Can recognize familiar faces and objects, such as feeding b b b b b b b b b
bottle
-Shows awareness of strange situations b b b b
20. physical devel- b -begins to roll opment 4 m -Drooling b b b b b b
begins
-Moro, tonic neck, and rooting reflexes have disappeared
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-tries to reach objects with hand but overshoots
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-begins hand eye coordination b b b
-begins memory b
-social, makes sound b b
21. physical devel- -Beginning signs of tooth eruption opment
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5 m -Birth weight doubles
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-palmer grasp b
-pursues dropped object b b
-Is able to discriminate strangers from family b b b b b b
22. physical devel- • Teething may begin with the eruption of two
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lower central opment 6 m incisors
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• Chewing and biting occur b b b
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