Galen-NU131 Nursing and HealthCare Questions with
Correct Answers
Permissive/Laissez-faire family - ANSWER Offers members complete freedom
Authorative (Democratic) - ANSWER Offers its members choices & encourages
participation & individual responsibility
Authoritarian/Autocratic - ANSWER Parents usually make ALL decisions
Same sex family - ANSWER Two women or two men, with or without children
Foster/adoptive family - ANSWER Those who take temporary responsibility for
raising a child other than their own
Communal family - ANSWER Consists of a group of people who have a common
philosophy, value system, and goals, and who choose to live together, sharing roles
and resources
Cohabitative family - ANSWER A man and a woman choosing to live together
without the legal bonds of matrimony, but in all other ways this type of family
resembles a nuclear or blended family
Blended or Reconstituted family - ANSWER When one or both partners bring their
children from a previous marriage into the relationship
Single-parent family - ANSWER An adult living with one or more children; usually
due to divorce, separation or widowed
Extended family - ANSWER Consists of nuclear family plus grandparents, aunts,
uncles, or cousins living together under the same roof
Nuclear (conjugal) family - ANSWER Traditional family; husband, wife, kids
Infancy (birth to 18 months) - ANSWER Trust vs. Mistrust
to develop a basic trust in the mothering figure and learn to generalize it to others
Early childhood (18 months-3 years) - ANSWER Autonomy vs. Shame & doubt
To gain some self control & independence within the environment
Late Childhood (3-6 years) - ANSWER Initiative vs. guilt
to develop a sense of purpose and the ability to initiate and direct own activities
School Age (6-12 years) - ANSWER Industry vs. inferiority
, to achieve a sense of self-confidence by learning, competing, performing
successfully, and receiving recognition from significant others, peers , and
acquaintances.
Adolescence (12-20 years) - ANSWER Identity vs. role confusion
To integrate the tasks mastered in the previous stages into a secure sense of self
Young Adulthood (20-30 years) - ANSWER Intimacy vs. isolation
to form an intense, lasting relationship or a commitment to another person, cause,
institution, or creative effort.
Adulthood (30-65 years) - ANSWER Generativity vs. stagnation
to achieve the life goals established for oneself while also considering the welfare of
future generations
Old age (65-death) - ANSWER Ego integrity vs. despair
to review ones life and derive meaning from both positive and negative events while
achieving a positive sense of self-worth
Sutures - ANSWER The bands of cartilage that separate the skull bones
Fontanels - ANSWER Soft spots on a baby's skull
Molding - ANSWER The process of the newborn's skull as the head passes through
the narrow birth canal
Infant length/weight - ANSWER Length is measured from head to heel
Average = 20 inches
Normal = 19-21 inches
Average growth per month = 1 inch
Infant weight - ANSWER Average = 7.5 lbs
Normal = 5.5-10 lbs
Newborn will lose 5-10% of its weight the first few days of life (normal physiological
weight loss)
Acrocyanosis - ANSWER Blueness of the hands and feet
Lanugo - ANSWER Covering of fine hair over the body of an infant
Vernix caseosa - ANSWER A white, cheesy substance covering the fetus's skin to
protect it from the amniotic fluid
Milia - ANSWER Small clusters of pearly white spots mostly on infants nose, chin
and forehead present at birth
Correct Answers
Permissive/Laissez-faire family - ANSWER Offers members complete freedom
Authorative (Democratic) - ANSWER Offers its members choices & encourages
participation & individual responsibility
Authoritarian/Autocratic - ANSWER Parents usually make ALL decisions
Same sex family - ANSWER Two women or two men, with or without children
Foster/adoptive family - ANSWER Those who take temporary responsibility for
raising a child other than their own
Communal family - ANSWER Consists of a group of people who have a common
philosophy, value system, and goals, and who choose to live together, sharing roles
and resources
Cohabitative family - ANSWER A man and a woman choosing to live together
without the legal bonds of matrimony, but in all other ways this type of family
resembles a nuclear or blended family
Blended or Reconstituted family - ANSWER When one or both partners bring their
children from a previous marriage into the relationship
Single-parent family - ANSWER An adult living with one or more children; usually
due to divorce, separation or widowed
Extended family - ANSWER Consists of nuclear family plus grandparents, aunts,
uncles, or cousins living together under the same roof
Nuclear (conjugal) family - ANSWER Traditional family; husband, wife, kids
Infancy (birth to 18 months) - ANSWER Trust vs. Mistrust
to develop a basic trust in the mothering figure and learn to generalize it to others
Early childhood (18 months-3 years) - ANSWER Autonomy vs. Shame & doubt
To gain some self control & independence within the environment
Late Childhood (3-6 years) - ANSWER Initiative vs. guilt
to develop a sense of purpose and the ability to initiate and direct own activities
School Age (6-12 years) - ANSWER Industry vs. inferiority
, to achieve a sense of self-confidence by learning, competing, performing
successfully, and receiving recognition from significant others, peers , and
acquaintances.
Adolescence (12-20 years) - ANSWER Identity vs. role confusion
To integrate the tasks mastered in the previous stages into a secure sense of self
Young Adulthood (20-30 years) - ANSWER Intimacy vs. isolation
to form an intense, lasting relationship or a commitment to another person, cause,
institution, or creative effort.
Adulthood (30-65 years) - ANSWER Generativity vs. stagnation
to achieve the life goals established for oneself while also considering the welfare of
future generations
Old age (65-death) - ANSWER Ego integrity vs. despair
to review ones life and derive meaning from both positive and negative events while
achieving a positive sense of self-worth
Sutures - ANSWER The bands of cartilage that separate the skull bones
Fontanels - ANSWER Soft spots on a baby's skull
Molding - ANSWER The process of the newborn's skull as the head passes through
the narrow birth canal
Infant length/weight - ANSWER Length is measured from head to heel
Average = 20 inches
Normal = 19-21 inches
Average growth per month = 1 inch
Infant weight - ANSWER Average = 7.5 lbs
Normal = 5.5-10 lbs
Newborn will lose 5-10% of its weight the first few days of life (normal physiological
weight loss)
Acrocyanosis - ANSWER Blueness of the hands and feet
Lanugo - ANSWER Covering of fine hair over the body of an infant
Vernix caseosa - ANSWER A white, cheesy substance covering the fetus's skin to
protect it from the amniotic fluid
Milia - ANSWER Small clusters of pearly white spots mostly on infants nose, chin
and forehead present at birth
