QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
average daily weight gain for term infant - Correct answers✔✔20-30 grams/day
When should birth weight be doubled? - Correct answers✔✔4-5 months
When should birth weight be tripled? - Correct answers✔✔12 months
When should birth length be doubled? - Correct answers✔✔48 months (4 years)
What are three main measurements of infant growth? - Correct answers✔✔weight, length/height,
head circumference
Four domains of development - Correct answers✔✔gross motor, fine motor,
language/communication, and social/behavior
Four question areas regarding infant diet - Correct answers✔✔1.breastfeeding or formula (if
formula, what preparation)
2. Quantity and timing of feeds
3. Number of wet and soiled diapers/day
4. Vitamin D supplementation
6 topics to possibly cover during anticipatory guidance - Correct answers✔✔1.Child Care
2. Sleep patterns
3. Exposure to tobacco smoke
, 4. Childproofing the home
5. Use of walkers
6. Car seat safety
Sleep patterns: position at night - Correct answers✔✔MUST sleep on backs (back to sleep)
When should babies sleep through the night - Correct answers✔✔4-6 months
At six months what should sleep pattern look like? - Correct answers✔✔sleep through night and
take two naps during day
Items to discuss regarding childproofing home - Correct answers✔✔outlet covers, cabinet locks,
stair barriers, safe storage of cleaning supplies/medicines, poison control phone number
Where should infants be placed in car - Correct answers✔✔Middle of backseat facing rear
Until what age should children ride in the back seat of the car? - Correct answers✔✔13
Name the 9 immunizations children should have before age 5 - Correct answers✔✔DTaP:
diptheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis
IPV: inactivated polio vaccine
Hib: haemophilus influenza type b
PCV13: pneumococcal conjugate vaccine 13 serotypes
MMR: measles, mumps, rubella
Varicella
Rotavirus