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Undergraduate 4
02/16/2011

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Term
What legal issues are of particular concern to nurses caring for children?
Definition
informed consent of family
documentation of nonverbal behaviors
child advocacy
adoption
confidentiality in dealing with adolescent health problems.
Term
Who do you need informed consent by?
Definition
The family.
Term
Who should the nurse be the advocate for?
Definition
The child.
Term
What is one thing a peds nurse may have to deal with in the hospital?
Definition
Adoption
Term
When dealing with adolescent health problems, make sure to provide?
Definition
Confidentiality.
Term
Describe nurse accountability as it erlates to the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act?
Definition
The law requires nurses to explain the risk of communicable disease and the risks and benefits of immunizations sot hat parents can make informed decisions. You should also be tell about side effects and emergency actions that should be taken if a problem occurs. There is also new record keeping and reporting requirements.
Term
What is an emancipated minor?
Definition
A minor child who has had the legal compentency of an adult b/c of marriage, divorce, being a parent themselves, living independently, or enlistment in arms services.
Term
What are the three conditions that need to be met for an informed consent to be valid?
Definition
Person must be capable of giving consent.
Must receive the info needed to make an intellegent decision.
Person must act voluntarily when exercising freedome of choice without force, fraud, deceit, or other forms of constraint or coercian.
Term
A general term that denotes progressive increase in skill and capablity of function.
Definition
Development.
Term
Refers to the development of traints carried through the genes.
Definition
Maturation.
Term
Refers to anything that is measured, it may be physical or mental
Definition
Growth
Term
The course of development is ________ and is __________
Definition
Continuous
Uninteruppted
Term
Shoulder and elbows used before wrist and fingers illustrates what trend of development
Definition
proximal/distal
Term
The fact that head and hand movement develop before standing and walking illustrates ________ trend of development?
Definition
Cephalocaudal
Term
Thefact that large muscles and gross movements appear before fine and coordination of thumb and forefingers illustrates what trend of development?
Definition
Mass to specific.
Term
The core problem or crises of infancy is
Definition
Trust vs. Mistrust
Term
Erikson describes the second year as a critical on for the development of a sense of?
Definition
Autonomy
Term
What is a core problem with pre-schoolers?
Definition
Initiative vs. Guilt
Term
Eikson describes the positive development of crisis during school age years as?
Definition
Industry
Term
The fact that she is repidly changing, makes the problem of __________ acurate for the adolscent.
Definition
Identity
Term
The growth and development of a child is so interrelated that unless on aspect is unusually ______ or ______ the child's development appears normal for his/her age.
Definition
slow
advanced
Term
The average child does nto exist. True or Fales
Definition
True
Term
Child rearing techniques, such as feeding practices, vary little from one cultural group to another? True or False.
Definition
False
Term
The motive to please parents in an effective basis for successful socialization. True or False.
Definition
True
Term
In the first year, body weight almost __________; and body length increases by _______%?
Definition
triples
50%
Term
The seven month old baby is usually anxious with strangers? True or False?
Definition
True
Term
There is a ________ range of individual differences in the age of walking among "normal" children?
Definition
wide
Term
The child's language comprehension is __________ than his language production.
Definition
Better
Term
Full bladder and bowel control is not ordinarily possible until the child has sphincter control between teh ages of ______ and ______ months. Although it can be successfully started when the child can _______.
Definition
18
24
walk alone
walk
Term
Aggression in childhood appears only in some cultures? True or false?
Definition
False
Term
Physical growth in the second year is ______ than in the first year.
Definition
Slower
Term
At about _ months, a child responds to verbal commands of "no-no". At about _ months, he speaks to words.
Definition
10, 12
Term
Seperation anxiety is more pronounced in the two year old? True or False?
Definition
True
Term
Routines are very important to the toddler? True or False?
Definition
True
Term
Girls and boys are roughly the same height and weight during the preschool years? True of False?
Definition
True
Term
Language development in the preshool years is rapid and important? True or False?
Definition
True
Term
The average length of the preschool child's sentences roughly corresponds to his yaers in age?
Definition
True
Term
At what age are children aware of anatomical differences between the sexes and how the other sex "Works"?
Definition
3 years
Term
Anxiety about the loss of ________ may motivate the child to acquire moral standars tha please the parents?
Definition
love
Term
A child who plays along side, but not with other children using the same play things is engaged in?
Definition
Parrallel play
Term
Various aspects of phsycial growth are generally correllated with each other? Ture or False.
Definition
True
Term
A child with low expectance of success will usually ______ from a task.
Definition
Withdraw.
Term
Socialization of the child does not require controls or discipline? True or false?
Definition
False
Term
Absence of the ______ sex parent in middle childhood appears to have a more significant effect.
Definition
Same
Term
Mothers of the _______ class, usually use more physical punishment.
Definition
lower
Term
Death phobias occur frequently at teh age of ___ when the concept of death attains the attribute of _________.
Definition
8
Irreversibility
Term
Research shows that mothers or psychosomatic children are more frequently less accepting and more ________ than other mothers.
Definition
Controlling
Term
Identification with ethnic, racial and religious groups becomes firmly established during ________?
Definition
Middle Childhood.
Term
In the middle childhood, ______ _____ peers are all-important.
Definition
Same Sex
Term
The average age of menarche in American girls is???
Definition
12.5
Term
Wide individual difference sin the age of first menstruation are perfectly normal. True or false?
Definition
True
Term
At the age of menarche, girls achieve fertility? True or False?
Definition
false
Term
In a study of adolescense in middle schools, when asked if they could change one things about themselves what did the majority say?
Definition
Physical Appearance
Term
A parent often has mixed or ambilvalent feelings about a child's growing independence. True or false?
Definition
True
Term
What 3 things are incrasing among youth in the US. (3 not good things)
Definition
illegitimate births, sexually transmitted disease, and suicide.
Term
Relationships with peers are even more important in ____________ than in _________ and they servce as prototypes to later adult relationships.
Definition
adolescence
childhood
Term
A very real concern of all adolscents is to be?
Definition
Socially accepted
Term
The average age at which boys attain puberty is?
Definition
14
Term
When boys experience nocturnal emissions, they are capable of reproduction? True or False?
Definition
False
Term
What month can an infant sit up and support itself for one minute?
Definition
3-4
Term
At what month can an infant sit alone for a minute?
Definition
7
Term
At what month can an infant sit alone for ten minutes?
Definition
8
Term
At what age can an infant creep on hands and knees?
Definition
9-10
Term
At what month can an infant stand and hold onto furniture?
Definition
9
Term
At what age can an infant stand alone? (Month)
Definition
12
Term
At what age can an infant walk alone? (Month)
Definition
13
Term
At what age can a child throw a ball smoothly and accurately?
Definition
6
Term
At what age can a child climb well?
Definition
4
Term
At what age can a child draw a recognizable picture of a man?
Definition
5
Term
At what age can a child skip?
Definition
5
Term
At what age can a child build a tower of 9 or 10 cubes?
Definition
3
Term
At what age can a child ride a tricylce using the pedals?
Definition
3
Term
At what age can a child use scissors to successfully cut out pictures?
Definition
5
Term
What are the mjor developmental tasks of middle childhood?
Definition
development of intellectual skills
learning peer interaction skills
further sex-role identificatino
further development of conscience
dealing with anxiety and conflict.
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