NUR 106 Pediatric Care:
Comprehensive Guide to Pediatric
Nursing Essentials | Latest
Edition
Cephalocaudal - -The normal direction of growth. Head to toe
Proximodistal - -"Near to far"
Extremities grow later than head, chest, and trunk
Measurable changes in the physical size of the body and...
NUR 106 Pediatric Care:
Comprehensive Guide to Pediatric
Nursing Essentials | Latest 2024-2025
Edition
Cephalocaudal - ✅✅-The normal direction of growth. Head to toe
Proximodistal - ✅✅-"Near to far"
Extremities grow later than head, chest, and trunk
Measurable changes in the physical size of the body and its parts. - ✅✅-Growth
Behavioral changes in skills and functions - ✅✅-Development
✅✅
Process of becoming fully grown and developed; applies to the physiological and behavioral
aspects - -Maturation
Big movement, Posture: head, balance, sitting, crawling, walking are known as - ✅✅-Gross
Motor Movement/Skills
Small movement, using hands and fingers for prehension, or grasping - ✅✅-Fine Motor
Movement/Skills
What are the indicators of a child's general health - ✅✅-Height and Weight
Critical Periods are known as - ✅✅-Period of rapid growth; Birth to 1 year of age is the most
critical
What is the single greatest influence for growth - ✅✅-Nutrition is #!, Height, weight, and head
circumference
How much should a 6-month-old weigh - ✅✅-double their birth weight
How much should a 12 month old weigh - ✅✅-3x birth weight
When should the anterior fontanel close? - ✅✅-12-18 months
When should the posterior fontanel close? - ✅✅-6-8 weeks
What gross motor skill should a 1 month be able to do - ✅✅-Demonstrates head lag
, What fine motor skills should 1 month old possess - ✅✅-Strong grasp reflex
The gross motor skills for a 2 month old -✅✅-lifts head off mattress when prone
The fine motor skills of a 2 month old - ✅✅-Holds hand in an open position
Grasp reflex is fading
✅✅-3 months old
The ability to raise head and shoulders off mattress when prone
Only slight head lag, are the Gross motor skills of what age -
At 3 months old No longer has grasp reflex and keeps hands loosely open is - ✅✅-Fine motor
skill
✅✅-4 months, Gross motor skill
Rolls from back to side -
Grasps object with two hands: - ✅✅-4 months, Fine motor skill
Rolls from abdomen to back - ✅✅-5 months, Gross motor Skill
Uses palmar grasp - ✅✅-5 months, Fine motor skill
Rolls from back to abdomen - ✅✅-6 months, Gross motor skill
Holds bottle - ✅✅-6 months, Fine motor skill
✅✅-7 months, Gross motor skill
Bears full weight on feet
Sits, leaning forward on both hands -
Moves objects from hand to hand - ✅✅-7 months (Fine Motor)
Sits unsupported - ✅✅-8 months gross motor
Begins using pincer grasp - ✅✅-8 months fine motor
✅✅-9 months, Gross motor
pulls to a standing position,
creeps on hands and knees instead of crawling. -
✅✅-9 months, Fine motor
Has a crude pincer grasp
Dominant hand preference evident -
changes from a prone to a sitting position - ✅✅-10 months gross motor
Grasps rattle by its handle - ✅✅-10 months fine motor
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