Iv Test 1 Peds Preschool Age

Front 1

A- Preschool age is ___ yrs old.
B- Wt gain is ___ lbs/yr
C- Ht gain is ___ inches/yr
D- Most organs are ___ by 3-4 yrs
E- the preschooler is agile, sturdy, and posture is erect (no more toddler or pot belly) T or F

Back 1

A- 3-5 yrs
B- 5 lbs
C- 2-3 in
D- mature
E- T

Front 2

Gross & Fine Motor Skills
A- __ yrs can ride a tricycle, walk on toes, balance on 1 foot
B- __ yrs can skip and hop, catch a ball
C- __ yrs can jump rope, skate, and swim

Back 2

A- 3 yrs
B- 4
C- 5

Front 3

According to Erikson, the chief psychosocial task of the preschooler is to ____

Back 3

- develop a sense of initiative, ie play, live and work to the fullest.
- preschooler experiences guilt over not behaving appropriately or having "bad" thoughts, ie, INITIATIVE VS GUILT

Front 4

According to Piaget, the major transition of cognitive development is_____

Back 4

preschooler transitions from being totally egocentric to social awareness and having the ability to see other points of view

Front 5

Other issues of preschoolers?
A- concept of right & left; don't get it
B- Time is still not completely understood; best explained in relation to an event; "your mom will see you after lunch
C- Magical thinking?
D- Egocentrism?
E- Animism?
F- Centration?

Back 5

C- preschoolers think that their thoughts control what happens around them; do dress-up and make-believe
D- can only envision situations from their own perspective
E- attributing lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
F- focusing on one aspect rather than considering all possible alternatives, ex: child refuses to eat a food because of its color, even though taste & smell are acceptable.

Front 6

A- age of school age kids?
B- wt gain?
C- ht gain?
D- Prepuberty changes occur at what age for girls and for boys?

Back 6

A- 6-12 yrs
B- 4.5 - 6.5 lbs/yr
C- 2 inches/yr
D- girls - as early as 8 yrs; boys at 11-12 yrs

Front 7

A- first permanent teeth come in at what age?
B- at what age should first dental visit be?
C- what to do if tooth gets knocked out?

Back 7

A- 6 yrs
B- 6 months
C- put in cup of milk or in mouth so tooth doesn't die

Front 8

Psychosocial development according for school age children according to Erikson revolves around _____

Back 8

Industry vs inferiority
- Sense of industry = strong desire for achievement; respond to positive reinforcement, so in hospital use stickers
- Sense of inferiority stems from unrealistic expectations or a sense of failing to meet standards set

Front 9

According to Piaget, school age children enter the stage of ____

Back 9

Concrete Operations stage
- appropriate use of logic
- occurs betw ages 7-11
- transition from perceptual thinking (making judgements based on what they see) to conceptual thinking (making judgements based on what they reason

Front 10

After the family, ___ is the most important socializing agent for kids

Back 10

school

Front 11

latchkey children?

Back 11

kids left to care for themselves before or after school w/o adult

Front 12

Disciplinary techniques should help children control their own behavior Examples?

Back 12

- withholding privileges,
- paying for something broken
- imposing penalties
- contracting

Front 13

School age children experience a wide range of fears such as...

Back 13

- fear of dark
- self consciousness
- social withdrawal
- fear of being hurt, kidnapped, death

Front 14

the loneliest age group of kids in the hospital are_____

Back 14

adolescents

Front 15

Age range of adolescents (teenagers)?

Back 15

12-18 yrs

Front 16

Adolescents experience:
- rapid accelerated growth,ie adolescent growth spurt
- growth in the extremities; length of hands and feet reach adult size first
- gawky appearance
- Puberty

Back 16

T

Front 17

Psychosocial development: according to Erikson, adolescents come to see themselves as distinct individuals, somehow unique and separate from every other individual. This is opposite of role diffusion. so IDENTITY VS ROLE DIFFUSION
- a sense of group identity is essential to developing a sense of personal identity

Back 17

- teenagers may dress differently for group identity
- Adolescence is a time for consolidation of sex identity

Front 18

According to Piaget, cognitive thinking culminates in adolescence with capacity for abstract thinking (flexibility). No longer restricted to real and actual (concrete thought) This is Piaget's 4th and last stage, the period of formal operations

Back 18

T

Front 19

Teenagers experience Egocentrism, which is?

Back 19

belief that everyone is watching me and is concerned about me.