Exam 1: Infants

Question 1

What are the four areas of concern for development?

Answer 1

fine motor, gross motor, language, and social

Question 2

How old is a newborn? infant? toddler? preschooler? school age? adolescent?

Answer 2

0-30 days, 30 days- 1 yr, 1-3, 3-5, 5-12, 12-20 yrs.

Question 3

What is the infant visit schedule?

Answer 3

1-2 wks, 30 days, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12 months

Question 4

When should infant double wt? triple?

Answer 4

6 months, 1 yr.

Question 5

What are growth charts used for?

Answer 5

measure growth overtime

Question 6

When do you stop plotting head circumference?

Answer 6

2 yrs

Question 7

True or False: growth charts should not change more than 1 standard deviation up or down.

Answer 7

true

Question 8

When does anterior fontanel close? posterior?

Answer 8

18 months, 12 wks

Question 9

What is cephalocaudal development?

Answer 9

development from head down.

Question 10

True or False infants have an increase in the number of alveoli and have an increased ability to concentrate urine.

Answer 10

true

Question 11

Describe a cephalohematoma

Answer 11

isolated, doesn’t cross suture lines. caused by vacuum a lot of times.

Question 12

What is Plagiocephaly?

Answer 12

positional deformation of head due to laying on back all the time, cant fix after fontanels close. may cause developmental delays.

Question 13

What colors due infants prefer at first? later?

Answer 13

black and white, red and yellow

Question 14

What occurs at 4 months with the eye structures?

Answer 14

track, tear ducts open, converge close objects.

Question 15

True or False by 12 months infant recognizes objects.

Answer 15

true

Question 16

At what age can infants locate sound and have simple vocalizations?

Answer 16

3 months

Question 17

By how old does the infant respond to own name and imitates sounds?

Answer 17

8 months

Question 18

Which of the following occur during 1, 3, 4 months of age?
A) hold an object
B) voluntary grasp
C) hands closed
D) Hands open

Answer 18

c, d, a

B: 5 months

Question 19

What fine motor task occurs at 6-7 months? 8-9 months? 10-11 months?

Answer 19

hold object, bottle. crude pincer grasp. fine pincer grasp.

Question 20

Had what age is there minimal head lag? none by?

Answer 20

4 months, 6 months

Question 21

When does an infant roll front to back? back to front?

Answer 21

5 months, 6 months

Question 22

What age do infants sit alone?

Answer 22

6-7 months

Question 23

What age can infants bear their own weight?

Answer 23

6-7 months

Question 24

When do infants start creeping/crawling?

Answer 24

9-10 months

Question 25

When do infants start walking?

Answer 25

12-15 months

Question 26

When does separation anxiety peak?

Answer 26

9 months of age

Question 27

What is the infants first tooth?

Answer 27

lower central incisor

Question 28

How do you determine amount of teeth?

Answer 28

age in months - 6 until about 2 yrs.

Question 29

By age 2 how many teeth should infant have?

Answer 29

20

Question 30

how long do you wait to introduce solid food?

Answer 30

6 months

Question 31

How long does infant store mothers iron?

Answer 31

until 8-9 months; so screen for anemia at 12 months (hgb> 10 g/dl)

Question 32

When do you switch to whole milk?

Answer 32

12 months

Question 33

What foods should you introduce after a yr?

Answer 33

eggs, nuts, fish, chocolate, corn

Question 34

How long do infants sleep at a time at first?

Answer 34

2-4 hrs.

Question 35

True or False infants sleep 10-11 hrs/day until 3 months

Answer 35

false: 15 hours