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1. Emancipated minor - Correct Answer person under 18 who has the same legal rights as an adult
2. family centered care - Correct Answer is a philosophy of care that recognizes the family as the constant in the child's life and holds that systems and personnel must support, respect, encourage, and enhance the strengths and competence of the family (the nurse is a guest in the child's life)
3. family systems theory - Correct Answer suggests that individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family, as the family is an emotional unit.
4. temperament - Correct Answer a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity
5. at what age is a child ready for toilet training - Correct Answer 2 years
6. bowlegged - Correct Answer -genu varoom
7. -normal for 1 year after child begins walking
8. knock-kneed - Correct Answer genu valgus
9. normal for a child when they become....
10. at what age is a child able to sit alone - Correct Answer 7 months
11. at what age is a child able to stand - Correct Answer 10-12 months
12. at what age is a child able to walk - Correct Answer about 12 months
13. at what age is a child able to roll? - Correct Answer 4-5 months (front to back)
14. 5-6 months (back to front)
15. Erikson’s stage of development - Correct Answer o Infancy (0-2 yrs.): basic trust vs mistrust a. Early childhood (2 - 4 yrs.): autonomy vs shame and doubt b. Preschool age (4-5 yrs.): initiative vs. guilt

c. School age (5-12 years): industry vs. inferiority d. Adolescent (13-19): identity vs. role confusion e. early adult (20-40): intimacy vs. isolation f. Middle adult (40-64): generativist vs. stagnation g. Late adult (65+): ego integrity vs. despair

16. what are the leading causes of death in infants and children? - Correct Answer unintentional injuries
17. what is the leading cause of death in adolescents? - Correct Answer unintentional injuries (MVC)
18. what defines safe sleeping? - Correct Answer alone on back in a crib, except for comforting or feeding measures
19. traumatic care - Correct Answer The delivery of therapeutic care through the implementation of interventions that eliminate or minimize the psychological and physical distress experienced by children and their families in the health care system.
20. what foods should children avoid to decrease the risk of dental caries? - Correct Answer sticky and sugary foods
21. what affect does drinking too much milk have on young children? - Correct Answer iron deficiency
22. what are appropriate snacks for kids? - Correct Answer low sugar, fruits, veggies, unsweetened cereal, low/ non-fat dairy products, non-sticky foods, bread, plain crackers
23. at what age do we start introducing real food? - Correct Answer 6 months
24. what foods pose a choking hazard for children? - Correct Answer hot dogs, nuts, grapes, hard candy
25. at what age are temper tantrums appropriate? - Correct Answer preschool age (3-5)
26. when does speech develop? - Correct Answer about 1 year
27. at what age is it appropriate to have imaginary friends? - Correct Answer preschool age (3-5)
28. what does therapeutic communication look like with children? - Correct Answer -getting to their level
29. -using words they will understand

30. -speaking to them as well as the family
32. how do we introduce foods to infants? - Correct Answer 1 at time, every few days to determine allergies or intolerances
33. what is the rationale to waiting to introduce solid foods? - Correct Answer excess calories and interferes with breast feeding
34. what do children need in their water or supplemented to provide dental caries? - Correct Answer fluoride
35. when should an infant weight double their birth weight? and triple? - Correct Answer 6 months; 1 year
36. when do we expect separation anxiety in children? - Correct Answer around 10 months to about 18 months
37. how do we interpret the Denver II chart? - Correct Answer Draw a line down at whatever the child's age is. Then everything to the LEFT of the line are milestones the child should have met or is capable of doing
38. how long do infants needs to sit rear facing in the car? - Correct Answer 2 years
39. what type of play do toddlers engage in? - Correct Answer parallel play
40. when should kids be able to throw a ball? - Correct Answer 18 months
41. why do temper tantrums occur? - Correct Answer the toddler is trying to assert independence and frustration; they have a strong drive for mastery and autonomy
42. what are some ways to support initiative in preschoolers? - Correct Answer - allow them to figure things out
43. -create routines encouraging independence
44. -don't scold for trying new things
45. -be calm, help them learn from their mistakes
46. -let them figure out cause and effect
47. associative play - Correct Answer group of children who participate in similar of identical activities without formal organization, group direction, group interaction
48. (happens during the preschool years)
49. animism - Correct Answer ascribing life-like characteristics to inanimate objects

50. what is the 5201 framework? - Correct Answer effort to combat childhood obesity
51. 5: servings of fruits/ veggies
52. 2: hrs or less of screen time
53. 0: soda
54. 1: hr physical activity / play
55. prepubescence - Correct Answer the 2 years before puberty
56. school age children are involved in what type of play? - Correct Answer team play
57. *rule followers
58. behaviors that indicate stress in school age kids - Correct Answer -stomach pains or headache
59. -sleep problems
60. -bed wetting
61. -eating habit changes i. aggressive or stubborn behavior ii. reluctance to participate
62. -regressing to earlier behaviors (thumb sucking)
63. adolescent egocentrism - Correct Answer not being able to think past themselves
64. personal fable - Correct Answer adolescents belief that bad things won’t happen to them (thinking they are invincible)