MCN 2 Flashcards
● Process of giving up one method of feeling for
another (from breast or bottle to a cup)
WEANING
● Advise parents to pad the rails of the crib so infants
cannot hurt themselves and reassure them this is a
normal mechanism for the relief of tension in
children of this age
HEAD BANGING
● Breastfeed infants are rarely ______because
their stool tends to naturally loose
constipated
● A paroxysmal abdominal pain that generally occurs
in infants younger than 3 months and is marked by
loud and intense crying.
COLIC
● Prickly heat rash
● Bath an infant twice a day during hot weather
MILIARIA
As a general rule, an infant should take no more
than 32 oz of formula and shouldn’t be
breastfeeding more often than every 2 hours
OBESITY IN INFANTS
● 1-3 years old
● Walking, talking young children
● With a growing sense of autonomy
TODDLER
Toddler is at the ____stage
Anal
● 13-18 months
● Child uses active experimentation to achieve
previously unattainable goals
SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
● Talk about the new baby when the toddlers become
aware of the pregnancy and the changes occurring in
the home in anticipation of the new member
SIBLING RIVALRY
● Best approach:
○ Consistency
○ Developmentally appropriate expectations and
rewards
● Ignore behavior during tantrums
TEMPER TANTRUMS
● 3-5 years old
● Slow physical growth, but substantial personality
and cognitive growth.
○ Physical growth = not that obvious
○ Personality and cognitive growth = obvious
THE PRESCHOOLER
● Middle years
● School years
● 6 to 12 years old
SCHOOL AGE
Development of smaller muscle groups that control
more precise movement
FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
Preschool
● Initiative vs Guilt
Phallic Stage
Preconventional Level
● Stage 1: Punishment & obedience
orientation
● Stage 2: Naive instrumental
● Continuous development of language
● Learn through play
● Magical thinking/“animism”
○ Girls are taller than boys at the end of the
school age
● More graceful & sturdier on their feet
● Lost all deciduous teeth
MS
● HR steadily decreases, BP increases
○ HR: 60-100
SCHOOL AGE
● The 2 year period that precedes puberty
● Occurs during preadole
PREPUBESCENCE
● Period that begins toward the end of middle
childhood & ends with the 13th birthday
● Period of rapid growth (especially for girls)
● Period of continued steady growth in height &
weight (for boys)
PREADOLESCENE
SCHOOL AGE DEVELOPMENT
● Latency
● Industry vs. Inferiority
Concrete Operational
Stage 3: Good Intentions
Stage 4: Obedience to authority
● Children’s picture of their individual worth & consists
of both positive & negative qualities
SELF-ESTEEM
● Period between ages 11 to 18 or 22 years
● A time that serves as a transition between childhood
and becoming a young adult
ADOLESCENCE
DIVISIONS
● Early Period (11-14 years old)
● Middle period (15-17 years old)
● Late period (18-22 years old)
GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADOLESCENT
● Growth stops with closure of the epiphyseal lines of
the long bones (about 18-20 yrs of age)
● Generally stop growing within 3 yrs from
menarche (GIRLS)
● Heart & lungs increase in size more slowly than the
rest of the body
● PR & RR decrease slightly to 70 beats/min & 20
breaths/min
● BP increases slightly to 120/70 mmHg by late
adolescence
● The time at which an individual rst becomes
capable of sexual reproduction
● Gain second molars at about 13 yrs of age
● Gain third molars between 18-21 yrs of age
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADOLESCENT
● Adolescence: Identity vs Confusion
● Young Adulthood/ Late Adolescence: Intimacy vs
Isolation
