Deck 32: Developmental Influences on Child Health Promotion

Question 1

What type of play involves children engaged in a similar or identical activity without organization,division of labour,or a mutual goal?

A) Solitary
B) Parallel
C) Associative
D) Cooperative

Answer 1

Associative

Question 2

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

A) Matrix
B) Connective tissue
C) Calcified cartilage
D) Epiphyseal cartilage plate

Answer 2

Epiphyseal cartilage plate

Question 3

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

A) It is reduced by fever.
B) It is slightly higher in boys than it is in girls at all ages.
C) It increases with the age of the child.
D) It decreases as the proportion of surface area to body mass increases.

Answer 3

It is slightly higher in boys than it is in girls at all ages.

Question 4

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

A) It occurs earlier in boys.
B) It occurs earlier in girls.
C) It is about the same in both boys and girls.
D) In both boys and girls it depends on their growth in infancy.

Question 5

The nurse observes some children in the playroom.Which situation exhibits the characteristics of parallel play?

A) Kimberly and Amanda are sharing clay to each make things.
B) Brian is playing with his truck next to Kristina,who is playing with her truck.
C) Adam is playing a board game with Kyle,Steven,and Erich.
D) Danielle is playing with a music box on her mother's lap.

Question 6

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

A) Sensitive period
B) Sequential period
C) Terminal points
D) Differentiation points

Question 7

Which is true about lymphoid tissues such as lymph nodes?

A) They reach adult size by age 1 year.
B) They reach adult size by age 13.
C) They reach half their adult size by age 5.
D) They are twice their adult size by age 10 to 12.

Question 8

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

A) Toddlerhood
B) Younger school-age period
C) Older school-age period
D) Adolescence

Question 9

If an infant weighed 3 kg at birth,how much would he or she be expected to weigh at age 1 year?

A) 6
B) 9
C) 12
D) 15

Question 10

Which is a characteristic of the preoperational stage of cognitive development?

A) Thinking is logical.
B) Thinking is concrete.
C) Reasoning is inductive.
D) Generalizations can be made.

Question 11

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

A) Obeying the rules of correct behaviour is important.
B) Showing respect for authority is important behaviour.
C) Behaviour that pleases others is considered good.
D) Actions are determined good or bad in terms of their consequences.

Question 12

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

A) Progression from reflex activity to imitative behaviour
B) Inability to put oneself in another's place
C) Increasingly logical and coherent thought processes
D) Ability to think in abstract terms and draw logical conclusions

Question 13

A toddler playing with sand and water is engaging in what type of play?

A) Skill
B) Dramatic
C) Social-affective
D) Sense-pleasure

Question 14

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?

A) The child looks for the toy parents hide under the blanket.
B) The child returns the blocks to the same spot on the table.
C) The child recognizes that a ball of clay is the same when flattened out.
D) The child bangs two cubes held in her hands.

Question 15

The predominant characteristic of the intellectual development for children ages 2 to 7 years is egocentrism.What best describes this concept?

A) Selfishness
B) Self-centredness
C) A preference for playing alone
D) Inability to put oneself in another's place

Question 16

What is the term for head-to-tail direction of growth?

A) Cephalocaudal
B) Proximodistal
C) Mass to specific
D) Sequential

Question 17

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

A) Easy child
B) Difficult child
C) Slow-to-warm-up child
D) Fast-to-warm-up child

Question 18

By the time children reach their twelfth birthday,which should they have developed a sense of according to Erikson?

A) Identity
B) Industry
C) Integrity
D) Intimacy

Question 19

How is a child's skeletal age best determined?

A) Assessment of dentition
B) Assessment of height over time
C) Facial bone development
D) Radiographs of the hand and wrist

Question 20

Three children playing a board game is an example of which type of play?

A) Solitary
B) Parallel
C) Associative
D) Cooperative

Question 21

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

A) Creativity
B) Socialization
C) Intellectual development
D) Sensorimotor activity

Question 22

Which statement is true about toy safety?

A) Adults should be the only ones who select toys.
B) Adults should be alert to notices of recalls by manufacturers.
C) Government agencies inspect all toys on the market.
D) Evaluation of toy safety is a joint effort between children and adults.

Question 23

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

A) Nutrition
B) Heredity
C) Culture
D) Environment

Question 24

Which coping strategy is the least appropriate for a child to use?

A) Learn problem-solving.
B) Listen to music.
C) Have parents solve their problems.
D) Use relaxation techniques.

Question 25

What should the elementary school nurse consider when discussing television and movie viewing with parents?

A) Children usually ignore advertisements on television.
B) Alcohol and tobacco use can be encouraged by television and movies.
C) Children become more physically active when watching television and movies.
D) No evidence exists that television and movies affect aggressive behaviour.

Question 26

Which aspects do children assess in themselves in forming an overall evaluation of their self-esteem? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters followed by a comma and a space-e.g. ,a,b,c

A) Competence
B) Sense of control
C) Moral worth
D) Worthiness of love
E) Self-concept
F) Body image

Question 27

According to spiritual development as conceptualized by Fowler (1981),which are stages in the development of faith for children? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters followed by a comma and a space-e.g. ,a,b,c

A) Preconvention
B) Undifferentiated
C) Intuitive-projective
D) Principled
E) Mythic-literal
F) Synthetic-conventional

Question 28

When teaching parents about appropriate play activities,which function of play should the nurse inform them about?

A) Ethical reasoning
B) Physical development
C) Development of self-awareness
D) Temperament development

Question 29

A parent tells the school nurse that her grade 1 child watches television for about 4 hours per day.What should the nurse remember when discussing this issue with the parent?

A) The length of time watching TV is not important if the programs are educational.
B) The length of time watching TV is not important if child is doing well in school.
C) Parents should supervise the amount of TV and types of programs their children watch.
D) Most children watch this much TV without any negative effects.

Question 30

When assessing children at play,which would the nurse document as sense-pleasure play? Select all that apply.Express answer in small letters followed by a comma and a space-e.g. ,a,b,c

A) Learning to sit on a play motorcycle
B) Playing with sand at a beach
C) Smelling flowers in a garden
D) Daydreaming
E) Using a play telephone to make a "phone call"
F) Rocking a doll to sleep