TEST BANK FOR LEIFER'S INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING IN CANADA
1ST EDITION BY LEIFER
,TEST BANK FOR LEIFER'S INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING IN CANADA 1ST
EDITION BY LEIFER
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What type of development is the nurse assessing when an infant can lift his or her head before he or she can sit?
a. Specific to general
b. Proximodistal
c. Cephalocaudal
d. General to specific
ANS: C
Cephalocaudal development proceeds from head to toe.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 325 OBJ: 1
TOP: Cephalocaudal Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
2. What is a unique organization of characteristics that determines an individual’s pattern of behaviour?
a. Environment
b. Heredity
c. Personality
d. Experience
ANS: C
One definition of personality states that it is a unique organization of characteristics that determines the individual’s typical or
recurrent pattern of behaviour.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 332 OBJ: 1
TOP: Personality Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
3. An infant’s birth weight is 3.5 kg. What can a nurse project the weight to be at 6 months?
a. 6 kg
b. 7 kg
, TEST BANK FOR LEIFER'S INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING IN CANADA
1ST EDITION BY LEIFER
c. 8 kg
d. 10 kg
ANS: B
An infant usually doubles their birth weight by 6 months.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 326 OBJ: 2
TOP: Weight Prediction KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
4. A nurse understands which of the following is most correct about development?
a. It is only an increase in physical size.
b. It refers to progressive increase in the function of the body.
c. It is the total way the body matures.
d. It is not impacted by environmental factors.
ANS: B
Development refers to a progressive increase in the function of the body (e.g., infant’s increasing ability to digest solids).
Increase in size is growth. Maturation refers to the total way in which a person grows and develops, as dictated by genetics.
Environmental factors impact the development of a child.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 325 OBJ: 3
TOP: Growth and Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
5. The mother of a 7-month-old infant reports that the first lower central incisor has erupted.
She asks a nurse, “How many teeth will he have by his first birthday?” The nurse explains that the infant will have
approximately how many teeth by 1 year of age?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
1ST EDITION BY LEIFER
,TEST BANK FOR LEIFER'S INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING IN CANADA 1ST
EDITION BY LEIFER
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What type of development is the nurse assessing when an infant can lift his or her head before he or she can sit?
a. Specific to general
b. Proximodistal
c. Cephalocaudal
d. General to specific
ANS: C
Cephalocaudal development proceeds from head to toe.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: 325 OBJ: 1
TOP: Cephalocaudal Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
2. What is a unique organization of characteristics that determines an individual’s pattern of behaviour?
a. Environment
b. Heredity
c. Personality
d. Experience
ANS: C
One definition of personality states that it is a unique organization of characteristics that determines the individual’s typical or
recurrent pattern of behaviour.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 332 OBJ: 1
TOP: Personality Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
3. An infant’s birth weight is 3.5 kg. What can a nurse project the weight to be at 6 months?
a. 6 kg
b. 7 kg
, TEST BANK FOR LEIFER'S INTRODUCTION TO MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING IN CANADA
1ST EDITION BY LEIFER
c. 8 kg
d. 10 kg
ANS: B
An infant usually doubles their birth weight by 6 months.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analysis REF: 326 OBJ: 2
TOP: Weight Prediction KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data Collection
4. A nurse understands which of the following is most correct about development?
a. It is only an increase in physical size.
b. It refers to progressive increase in the function of the body.
c. It is the total way the body matures.
d. It is not impacted by environmental factors.
ANS: B
Development refers to a progressive increase in the function of the body (e.g., infant’s increasing ability to digest solids).
Increase in size is growth. Maturation refers to the total way in which a person grows and develops, as dictated by genetics.
Environmental factors impact the development of a child.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 325 OBJ: 3
TOP: Growth and Development KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
5. The mother of a 7-month-old infant reports that the first lower central incisor has erupted.
She asks a nurse, “How many teeth will he have by his first birthday?” The nurse explains that the infant will have
approximately how many teeth by 1 year of age?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
