Chapter 7: Life Span and Development Flashcards
What is the age range for a neonate?
Birth to one month
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a Neonate.
Pulse rate: 100 to 180 Beats per min
Respirations: 30 to 60 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 50 to 70 mmHg
Temperature: 98 to 100 degrees fahrenheit
What is the age range for an infant?
One month to one year
What is the age range for a toddler
One to three years
What is the age range for preschool age
Three to six years
What is the age range for school age
Six to 12 years
What is the age range for an adolescent?
12 to 18 years
What is the age range for an early adult?
19 to 40 years old
What is the age range for a middle adult?
41 to 60 years old
What is the age range for middle adult?
41 to 60 years
What is the age range for the older adult?
61 years and older
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an infant.
Pulse rate: 100 to 160 Beats per min
Respirations: 25 to 50 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 70 to 95 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8 to 99.6 degrees fahrenheit
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a toddler.
Pulse rate: 90 to 150 Beats per min
Respirations: 20 to 30 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 80 to 100 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8 to 99 degrees fahrenheit
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a preschool age human.
Pulse rate: 80 to 140 Beats per min
Respirations: 20 to 25 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 80 to 100 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a school age patient.
Pulse rate: 70 to 120 Beats per min
Respirations: 15 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 80 to 110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an adolescent.
Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 110 mmHg
Temperature: 98 to 100 degrees fahrenheit
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an early adult.
Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 130 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a middle adult.
Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 130 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit
What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an older adult.
Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 130 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit
Which of the following statements regarding middle adults is correct?
Select one:
- Women in the middle adult age group typically experiance menopause in their late 50s or early 60s.
- Increced cholesterol levels in the middle adult age group often do not respond to excersize and diet.
- Significant impairments in hearing and visoin begin to occur in persons between the ages of 41 and 44 years.
- Cardiovascular health becomes an issue in this age group, as does the greater incidenve of cancer.
Cardiovascular health becomes an issue in this age group, as does the greater incidence of cancer.
With increasing age, the heart must work harder to move the blood effectively becasue:
Select one:
- The blood thickens as a person ages.
- The blood vessels become stiff.
- Diastolic blood pressure decreases.
- The arteries dilate significantly.
The blood vessels become stiff.
The decline in cardiac function that commonly occurs in late adulthood is the most often related to:
Select one:
- Medication use.
- Hypotension
- Kidney failure
- Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
An infants blood pressure typically increases with age because:
Select one:
- Blood pressure directly corresponds to body weight.
- As the infant gets older, his or her blood vessels dilate.
- The infants total blood volume decreases with age.
- His or her heart rate usually increases with age.
Blood pressure directly corresponds to body weight.
Mental function often begins to decline within _ years before death.
5 years immediatly before death
Why do middle adults experiance financial concerns?
Select one:
- The majority of middle adults stilll have small children who live at home with them.
- They are prepairing for retirement but muststill manage everyday financial demands.
- Most people in the middle adult age group have chronic illnesses and cannot work.
- They are typically recieving social security and must budget with a fixed income.
They are prepairing for retirement but must still manage everyday financial demands.
The low normal systolic blood pressure for a 30 year-old is:
90 mm Hg
Infants are often reffered to as “belly breathers” becasue:
- Their diaphragm does not recieve impulses from the brain.
- Their rib cage is less rigid, and teh ribs sit horizontally.
- Their intercoastal muscles are not functional.
- An infants ribs are brittle and are less able to expand.
Their rib cage is less rigid, and the ribs sit horizontally
Which of the following statements regarding toddlers and preschoolers is correct?
- Toddlers and preschoolers commonly experiance upper respritory infections becasue of teh loss of passive immunity.
- The normal respritory rate in toddlers and preschoolers is between 12 and 20 breaths/min.
- Toddlers and preschoolers have well- developed lung musculature, even though they have less lung tissue.
- Muscle mass and bone density decrease in toddlers and preschoolers becasue of increased physical activity.
Toddlers and preschoolers commonly experiance upper respritory infectinos becasue of the loss of passive immunity
An infant or small childs airway can be occuled if it is overextended or overflexed because:
- the tongue is proportionately small and can fall back into the throat.
- The back of the head is flat, which prevents a neutral position.
- The occiput is proportionately large, and the trachea is flexible.
- He or she has a long neck, which makes the trachea prone to collapse.
The occipu is proportionately large, and the trachea is flexible.
What is the decline in kidney filtration between the ages of 20 and 90 years?
Select one:
- 10%
- 50%
- 45%
- 20%
50%
Select one
What is the typical range for an adolescent?
- 6 to 12 years
- 3 to 6 years
- 12 to 18 years
- 10 to 19 years
12 to 18 years
Select one
Children who make decisions bassed on their conscience are using what type of reasoning?
- Postconventional reasoning
- Psychosocial
- Conventional
- Preconventional
Postconventional
Select one
Which of the following is a nervous system change commonly found in older adults?
- Increase in brain weight
- Increase in peripheral nerve functioning
- Less space for cerebral spinal fluid
- Deterioration of nerve endings
Deterioration of nerve endings
Select one
Maturation of the reproduction system usually takes place during:
- Early adulthood
- Preschool
- Middle adulthood
- Adolescence
Adolescence
Select one
What term is used to identify a person who is from birth to 1 month old.
- Infant
- Toddler
- Neonate
- Newborne
Neonate
Select one
What is the current estimated average life expectancy for humans?
- 120
- 78
- 67
- 56
78 years of age
Select one
When encountering a person with depressed fontanelles, you should suspect:
- Respritory distress
- Dehydration
- Atherosclerosis
- Nephrosis
Dehydration
Select one
What is “vital capacity”
- The volume of blood moved by each contraction of the heart.
- The maximum thickness of the menengis
- The volume of air moved during the deepest points of respiration.
- The amount of air left in the lungs following exhalation.
The volume of air moved during the deepest points of respiration.
Select one
Clingy behavior and the fear of unfamiliar people or places are normal among 10 to 18 months-old children and are commonly caused by ____ anxiety.
- Bonding
- Seperation
- Avoidant
- Mistrust
Seperation anxiety
Select one
Diastolic blood pressure tends to ____ with age.
- Decrease
- Compensate
- Increase
- Decompensate
Increase
Select on
Into what age range to toddlers and preschoolers fit?
- 1 to 6 years
- 2 to 8 years
- 2 to 7 years
- 0 to 5 years
1 to 6 years
Select one
Empty nest syndrome is typically seen in which stage of life?
- Middle adulthood
- Adolescence
- Late adulthood
- Early adulthood
Middle adulthood
Select one
At what age can an infant normally stary tracking objects with his or her eyes and recognize familiar faces?
- 7 months
- 2 months
- 4 months
- 10 months
2 months
