Exam 33: Developmental Influences on Child Health Promotion

A parent tells the school nurse that her first-grade child watches television about 4 hours per day. When discussing this issue with the parent,the nurse should consider:

By the time children reach their twelfth birthday,they should have learned to trust others and should have developed a sense of:

At what age do children tend to imitate the religious gestures and behaviors of others without understanding their significance?

A mother reports that her 6-year-old child is highly active and irritable and that she has irregular habits and adapts slowly to new routines,people,or situations. According to Chess and Thomas,which category of temperament best describes this child?

The nurse is observing parents playing with their 10-month-old daughter. What should the nurse recognize as evidence that the child is developing object permanence?

Trauma to which site can result in a growth problem for children's long bones?

By what age does birth length usually double?

How does the onset of the pubertal growth spurt compare in girls and boys?

Play serves many purposes. In teaching parents about appropriate activities,the nurse should inform them that play serves the following function(s)? Choose all that apply.

Which statement is true about the basal metabolic rate (BMR) in children?

Which function of play is a major component of play at all ages?

Which term refers to those times in an individual's life when he or she is more susceptible to positive or negative influences?

What is probably the single most important influence on growth at all stages of development?

A child's skeletal age is best determined by:

A 13-year-old girl asks the nurse how much taller she will get. She has been growing about 2 inches per year but grew 4 inches this past year. Menarche recently occurred. The nurse should base her response on knowing that:

Which behavior is most characteristic of the concrete operations stage of cognitive development?

An infant who weighs 7 pounds at birth would be expected to weigh how many pounds at age 1 year?

Which strategy would be the least appropriate for a child to use to cope?

After age 7 years school-age children usually grow how many inches per year?

According to Kohlberg,children develop moral reasoning as they mature. What is most characteristic of a preschooler's stage of moral development?