NURS 370 Exam with complete
solutions latest version
Infants - CORRECT ANSWER-0-12 months
Toddler - CORRECT ANSWER-1-3 years
Preschool - CORRECT ANSWER-3-6 years
School age - CORRECT ANSWER-6-12 years
Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWER-12-18 years
Orderly Pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-- Timing, rate of change, response to
change are unique for each individual
-All children develop the same pattern and progress within a normal time frame
EX: all children learn to sit before they walk
cephalocaudal pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-- Begins with head progressing
down to chest, trunk, lower extremities
-CG: When born the head is the largest part of the body. The legs grow the
second year
-CD: use arms before legs
-Can control head before arms and legs
proximodistal pattern - CORRECT ANSWER-Center ----Periphery
G: occurs in utero
EX: center body formed before limbs
D: Infants begin to focus their eyes then left head and push up/roll
EX: Gain strength and coordination distally they crawl later
Simple Skills develop separately/independently - CORRECT ANSWER-Feeding
yourself requires ability to find mouth, grasp an object, control movement of
object, coordination hand from plate to mouth and swallow food.
Body System Grows at it's own rate - CORRECT ANSWER-readily apparent in
fetal development and at onset. of puberty
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Body systems fxns becomes increasingly differentiated over time - CORRECT
ANSWER-with maturity response becomes more focused
EX: baby covering their ears
Failure to Thrive - CORRECT ANSWER-Failure to grow and develop at an
expected rate can mean that a child is failing to thrive.
Differentiation - CORRECT ANSWER-simple to the complex progression of
achievement of developmental es
Starts simple, then to complex
Tonic neck/fencing reflex - CORRECT ANSWER-disappears around 4 to 6 months
The infant is lying down, the head is turned to the left or right
Moro/startle reflex - CORRECT ANSWER-disappear around 4 to 6 months
Startled
Rooting/suckle reflex - CORRECT ANSWER-turn to suckle after cheek is rubbed
Babinski's - CORRECT ANSWER-disappears by 1 year of age
When it curls in: good
When it curls up: bad
NOTE: After a year it should switch
Fine Motor - CORRECT ANSWER-Use of the smaller muscles of the hand,
building dexterity
Gross Motor - CORRECT ANSWER-Large movements
Birth - 1 Month
Baseline, everything from here improves slowly
Fingers, arms, legs, chin - CORRECT ANSWER-Fine motor:
opens fingers slightly at rest
Gross motor:
arms and legs move together
holds chin up when lying on stomach
2 - 3 months
One step up in all baseline aspects - CORRECT ANSWER-Fine motor:
Grasps toys, can open and close hands
Eyes follow object to midline
Blows bubbles
Gross motor:
Raises head and chest when lying on the stomach
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