Week #2 Infant, Toddler, and Preschool

What age would most children could understand “under,” “on top of,” “beside,” and “in back of”?

An infant is crying and shaking their head. What feature of pain is the infant showing?

A one month-old infant's back of their head is flat. What would you tell the mother?

A 4 year-old is reluctant to take medicine. What intervention should the nurse take?

In terms of language and cognitive development, a 4-year-old child would be expected to:

When assessing a healthy child's lymph nodes, what should you expect?

A newborn's mother has type O+ blood and the infant has type B+ blood. The infant is at highest risk for

What is descriptive of the preschooler’s understanding of time?

The mother of a child is suspected of having Munchausen syndrome. What should be in the care plan?

Which intervention helps a hospitalized toddler feel a sense of control?

A nurse receives a phone call from a mother about her 6 week old baby. He is crying a lot everyday. What can she do?

What type of play is considered cooperative play?

A 2 year-old has difficulty in activities, sensory sensitivity and has only speaks one word responses Assess with what

A 2 year-old boy is playing with mud and dirt. What type of play is this?

When entering into an infant's room the door slams shut and the infant jerks and starts to cry. This is what reflex?

An RN is assessing a 2 1/2 year-old toddler. What finding should you report to the provider?

RN doing a developmental screening on a 10 mo should expect which fine motor skills from infant?

What are risk factors for SIDS?

According to Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral development, a preschooler who has moral reasoning

Before assessing a 4-year-old child, what techniques would you use to approach this child?

What technique can be used to exam a toddler?

What fine motor skill is expected of a 4-year-old child?

When do you switch formula/breast milk to whole milk?

When an infant's toes spread when the soles of the feet are stroked this is called:

Which would alert the nurse to hold the digoxin on an infant she is caring for?

A parent of 18-month-old boy says that he says “no” to everything and rapid mood swings.

A child has been admitted with profuse diarrhea for 2 days. What would you expect?

What pain scale would you use on a 3 1/2 year-old child?

When teaching about car seats for a newborn infant

The nurse notices with patches in the mouth of an infant that cannot be removed with tongue blade. Intervention?

Infants crawl before they walk. This pattern of growth and development is called

What gross motor skills should a 4 year-old be able to do?

What should an infant be able to do at 9 months?

Before performing a physical assessment on a toddler the nurse should do what to encourage cooperation?

The natural physical developmental sequence that most children follow is:

A 3-month-old infant does not sleep through the night. What finding is most significant?

What safety instructions would you teach the parents of a 6 month old child?

What should an infant do at three months ?

Erikson describes infants as Trust versus Mistrust. What does trust mean?

What does the rooting reflex enable the infant to do?

Normal language skills for a 3-year-old child?

The first expected fine motor developmental milestones for an infant begins with:

Frequent developmental assessments are important for which reason?

When and how do you introduce solid food to infants?

An infant is NPO due to their medical condition. What is important to remember?

How can you prevent otitis media in infants?

Parents are concerned. Her 8 month-old child is not developing like their older child. What is normal for 8 months?

Which intervention may decrease the incidence of physiologic jaundice in a healthy term infant?

In general, an infant should triple their birth weight at about _____________ months of age.

How do you communicate with parents that do not speak a language that you know?

What are the cognitive characteristics of a child (2-7) in the preoperational stage?

What pain scale would you use to assess the pain of a toddler?

You need to do an assessment on an infant. You walk into the room and the infant is asleep in the mother's arm.

Which Erikson stages of developmental levels would be used for a toddler?

A 3 year-old child is having an outpatient procedure. How would you help the child to be less fearful?

Which nursing action is appropriate to teach a preschool-aged child about a scheduled procedure?

Types of play considered to be sense-pleasure play:

What would you suspect if you note that an infant's chin is quivering, fists clenched, and inconsolable?

Which intervention lowers the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?

Erikson's autonomy versus shame and doubt is used to describe toddlers. What does this mean?