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Pediatric Nursing Exam #2 Self-Assessment 2025: Q&A
| Seizures, Autism, Pain Management
cephalocaudally ......ANSWER........from head to toe
proxodistally ......ANSWER........from the trunk to the tips of the
extremities
weight 6 months, then one year ......ANSWER........double, triple
overweight BMI ......ANSWER........85-95% 25-29.9
average birth height ......ANSWER........20 inches
rate of growth per year in inches ......ANSWER........1 year = 10
in
2 years = 5 in
3rd year until puberty = 2.5
stranger anxiety ......ANSWER........4-6 months
peek a boo, mirror ......ANSWER........7-9 months
claps, waves hands ......ANSWER........10-12 months
says few words, can point, understand ......ANSWER........10-12
months
stomach to back rolling ......ANSWER........4 months
back to front ......ANSWER........5-6 months, transfers objects
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sits without support ......ANSWER........8 months
pincer grasp ......ANSWER........9 months
tonic neck ......ANSWER........fencing, until 4 months of age
development of separation anxiety ......ANSWER........toddler (1-2
years)
5 words ......ANSWER........12 months
50 words ......ANSWER........18 months
24 MONTHS ......ANSWER........400 words
12-18 months ......ANSWER........anterior fontanel closes
toilet training ......ANSWER........18-24 months
knows own gender ......ANSWER........preschool age
rides a tricycle, dresses self, uses scissors, 6 block towers
......ANSWER........3 years old
throws ball overhead, hops and stands on one foor for 5 seconds
......ANSWER........4 years
dresses self, runs, jumps, skips, hops ......ANSWER........5 years
who is greatest influence school age ......ANSWER........parents
sense of right and wrong ......ANSWER........6-9
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breast develops ......ANSWER........10 years old
period ......ANSWER........13 years
early puberty for females ......ANSWER........less than 7 years
how does puberty start for males ......ANSWER........tesiticular
enlargement at age 11
pubic hair males ......ANSWER........12
height spurt males ......ANSWER........14
early puberty males ......ANSWER........less than 9 years
psychosocial development ......ANSWER........infant - trust
toddler - autonomy
preschooler - initiative
school age - achievement
adolescent - identity development
egocentric ......ANSWER........toddler - parallel play
magical thinking ......ANSWER........preschooler
santa clause, non-logical, non-linear
disciple development ......ANSWER........infant - needs
toddler - distraction and redirection
preschoolers - reward good behavior, ignore bad behavior
school age - independence
adolescent - good choices
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FLACC pain assessment ......ANSWER........infant, toddler, young
preschooler
faces scale ......ANSWER........4-8
numeric scale ......ANSWER........> 8
multi-vitmain with iron tablet ......ANSWER........4 months until
solids foods are introduced
for breast fed infants only
milk ......ANSWER........1st 4 months - breast milk 4-6 months -
formula
sippy bup is what age ......ANSWER........by 12 months
whole mlik ......ANSWER........1-2 years
pureed food start at ......ANSWER........4 months
table food ......ANSWER........4-12 months
1st baby tooth ......ANSWER........6 months
1st adult tooth ......ANSWER........6 years
teething begins ......ANSWER........3-4 months
highest risk behaviors for teens are related to
......ANSWER........cars
Pediatric Nursing Exam #2 Self-Assessment 2025: Q&A
| Seizures, Autism, Pain Management
cephalocaudally ......ANSWER........from head to toe
proxodistally ......ANSWER........from the trunk to the tips of the
extremities
weight 6 months, then one year ......ANSWER........double, triple
overweight BMI ......ANSWER........85-95% 25-29.9
average birth height ......ANSWER........20 inches
rate of growth per year in inches ......ANSWER........1 year = 10
in
2 years = 5 in
3rd year until puberty = 2.5
stranger anxiety ......ANSWER........4-6 months
peek a boo, mirror ......ANSWER........7-9 months
claps, waves hands ......ANSWER........10-12 months
says few words, can point, understand ......ANSWER........10-12
months
stomach to back rolling ......ANSWER........4 months
back to front ......ANSWER........5-6 months, transfers objects
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sits without support ......ANSWER........8 months
pincer grasp ......ANSWER........9 months
tonic neck ......ANSWER........fencing, until 4 months of age
development of separation anxiety ......ANSWER........toddler (1-2
years)
5 words ......ANSWER........12 months
50 words ......ANSWER........18 months
24 MONTHS ......ANSWER........400 words
12-18 months ......ANSWER........anterior fontanel closes
toilet training ......ANSWER........18-24 months
knows own gender ......ANSWER........preschool age
rides a tricycle, dresses self, uses scissors, 6 block towers
......ANSWER........3 years old
throws ball overhead, hops and stands on one foor for 5 seconds
......ANSWER........4 years
dresses self, runs, jumps, skips, hops ......ANSWER........5 years
who is greatest influence school age ......ANSWER........parents
sense of right and wrong ......ANSWER........6-9
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breast develops ......ANSWER........10 years old
period ......ANSWER........13 years
early puberty for females ......ANSWER........less than 7 years
how does puberty start for males ......ANSWER........tesiticular
enlargement at age 11
pubic hair males ......ANSWER........12
height spurt males ......ANSWER........14
early puberty males ......ANSWER........less than 9 years
psychosocial development ......ANSWER........infant - trust
toddler - autonomy
preschooler - initiative
school age - achievement
adolescent - identity development
egocentric ......ANSWER........toddler - parallel play
magical thinking ......ANSWER........preschooler
santa clause, non-logical, non-linear
disciple development ......ANSWER........infant - needs
toddler - distraction and redirection
preschoolers - reward good behavior, ignore bad behavior
school age - independence
adolescent - good choices
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FLACC pain assessment ......ANSWER........infant, toddler, young
preschooler
faces scale ......ANSWER........4-8
numeric scale ......ANSWER........> 8
multi-vitmain with iron tablet ......ANSWER........4 months until
solids foods are introduced
for breast fed infants only
milk ......ANSWER........1st 4 months - breast milk 4-6 months -
formula
sippy bup is what age ......ANSWER........by 12 months
whole mlik ......ANSWER........1-2 years
pureed food start at ......ANSWER........4 months
table food ......ANSWER........4-12 months
1st baby tooth ......ANSWER........6 months
1st adult tooth ......ANSWER........6 years
teething begins ......ANSWER........3-4 months
highest risk behaviors for teens are related to
......ANSWER........cars
