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NURS 236 - Unit 1 - Health, Wellness & Concepts of Pediatric Nursing With correct answers
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NURS 236 - Unit 1 - Health, Wellness &Concepts of Pediatric Nursing
Growth: - correct answer ✔✔Quantitative change in which an increase in cell # and size results in an
increase in overall size or weight of body (any of its parts).
Development: - correct answer ✔✔The sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive developmental
changes that take place over the human lifespan.
Maturation: - correct answer ✔✔The emergence of personal, behavioral, and adult like physical
characteristics.
Adaptation: - correct answer ✔✔Learning to adjust to a new role or capability.
Conservation: - correct answer ✔✔Developmental sequence in children's capacity to understand
conservation. Physical factors of volume, weight, and numbers. Understanding that changing the form
does not change the amount/volume/mass.
Object Permanence: - correct answer ✔✔Realization that objects that leave the visual field still exist.
Temperament: - correct answer ✔✔Manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting. Characteristic of an
individual-way in which a person deals with life.
Cognition: - correct answer ✔✔Process by which developing individuals become acquainted with the
world and objects in it.
Self-Concept: - correct answer ✔✔Individual description of oneself. Includes all notions of: beliefs and
convictions that constitute an individual's self-knowledge.
, Body Image: - correct answer ✔✔Subjective concepts and attitudes that individuals have toward their
own bodies.
Mortality statistics: - correct answer ✔✔The numbers of deaths per 1,000 individuals. Children 5-14
have the lowest rate with a significant rise that occurs in later adolescence.
MCN. Pg. 694
Infant Mortality Rate: - correct answer ✔✔The number of deaths during the 1st year of life per 1,000 live
births. See pg. 694, table 26.2 for leading causes of infants deaths.
Morbidity Statistics: - correct answer ✔✔The number of affect people with illness and/or disease. See
pg. 694 for a breakdown of common childhood illnesses. The most frequent childhood illness is the
common cold.
Evidence-based practice: - correct answer ✔✔Questioning why something is effective and if a better
approach exists.
Why do you think it is important for nurses to be aware of mortality and morbidity rates? - correct
answer ✔✔To be aware of prevalence of disease and how vitally important it is that we do patient-
parent-caregiver education and resources. Especially for certain demographics.
Identify the difference between self-esteem and self-concept: - correct answer ✔✔Self-concept:
how someone describes himself or herself. It is influenced by others.
Self-esteem:
the value they put on that description.
Explain what a nurse should do when they have a client of a certain "chronological" age and yet the
"developmental" age is substantially different. - correct answer ✔✔Plan meaningful intervention
appropriate to the developmental age. Evaluate that care is appropriate to the patient/situation. Direct
care to the developmental model to meet the unique and individual needs of the child and family.
List 3 patterns that explain the Directional Trends of development: - correct answer ✔✔Cephalocaudal:
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