NURS 407-Exam #1
Stressors for hospitalized infants - ANSWER-painful procedures, immobilization of
extremities, sleep deprivation
Nursing care of infants - ANSWER-Encourage parents to stay or visit often, encourage
them to hold the infant, sucking soothing, eliminate excessive noise, play
Stressors for toddler hospitalized - ANSWER-Lacks cognitive ability to understand,
separation is major stressor, change in routine
Nursing care of toddlers - ANSWER-encourage parental presence, transitional objects,
approach toddlers slowly, play, child life specialist, topical anasthetics
Fears of hospitalized preschoolers - ANSWER-Fear of being alone, dark, abandonment,
fear bodily injury, feel guilty about being sick, imagination is magical
Object Permanence - ANSWER-developed after three months; object or person
continues to exist when not seen, felt, or heard
Stranger Anxiety - ANSWER-becomes evident at around 6-8 months when infant can
discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people
Seperaion Anxiety - ANSWER-Evident between 4-8 months and causes considerable
anxiety for parents. Around 11-12 months, the child is able to anticipate the mother's
departure by watching behaviors.
Care of preschoolers - ANSWER-Encourage parental presence, allow choices when
possible, topical anasthetics, play
Stressors of the school age child - ANSWER-Loss of control related to bodily functions,
privacy, fear of bodily injury, pain, concerns about death, separation anxiety about
family and friends
prodromal - ANSWER-time contagious before clinical symptoms
incubation - ANSWER-time from exposure to disease
transmission - ANSWER-how the disease is spread
communicability - ANSWER-period of time contagious
Side effects of vaccines - ANSWER-redness, soreness at site, knot, fever
Stressors for hospitalized infants - ANSWER-painful procedures, immobilization of
extremities, sleep deprivation
Nursing care of infants - ANSWER-Encourage parents to stay or visit often, encourage
them to hold the infant, sucking soothing, eliminate excessive noise, play
Stressors for toddler hospitalized - ANSWER-Lacks cognitive ability to understand,
separation is major stressor, change in routine
Nursing care of toddlers - ANSWER-encourage parental presence, transitional objects,
approach toddlers slowly, play, child life specialist, topical anasthetics
Fears of hospitalized preschoolers - ANSWER-Fear of being alone, dark, abandonment,
fear bodily injury, feel guilty about being sick, imagination is magical
Object Permanence - ANSWER-developed after three months; object or person
continues to exist when not seen, felt, or heard
Stranger Anxiety - ANSWER-becomes evident at around 6-8 months when infant can
discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar people
Seperaion Anxiety - ANSWER-Evident between 4-8 months and causes considerable
anxiety for parents. Around 11-12 months, the child is able to anticipate the mother's
departure by watching behaviors.
Care of preschoolers - ANSWER-Encourage parental presence, allow choices when
possible, topical anasthetics, play
Stressors of the school age child - ANSWER-Loss of control related to bodily functions,
privacy, fear of bodily injury, pain, concerns about death, separation anxiety about
family and friends
prodromal - ANSWER-time contagious before clinical symptoms
incubation - ANSWER-time from exposure to disease
transmission - ANSWER-how the disease is spread
communicability - ANSWER-period of time contagious
Side effects of vaccines - ANSWER-redness, soreness at site, knot, fever
