Infants Flashcards

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Age of a newborn

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0-30 days

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Age of a infant

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30 days to 1 year

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Age of a toddler

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1-3 years

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Age of a preschooler

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3-5 years

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Age of a school age child

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5-12 years

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Age of a adolescent

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12-20 years

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How old does the Denver go up to

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6

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What are the four areas of concern for development

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Fine motor, gross motor, language, social

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Doctor visit schedule for infants

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30 days, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months

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What is the job of growth charts

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To plot growth over time

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A child should double birth weight by when

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6 months

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A child should _______ birth weight by 1 year

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Triple

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When do you get alerted with growth shown in growth charts

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It growth goes more than one standard deviation up or down

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What should you plot every visit

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Height and weight

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Do height and weight percentiles have to be the same?

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No

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When do you measure head circumstance

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Measured until child turns 2

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When do you measure abdominal and chest circumference

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Usually at birth to make sure baby is within normal limits

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Elicited by stroking the cheek or edge of the mouth. Newborn turns the head toward the side that is touched and starts to suck

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Sucking and rooting reflex

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What is expected Babinski in newborn

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Toes will fan up and out

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What is cephalocaudal development

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Child develops muscle control from head down

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Why do the normal vital signs change in infants

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Because the number of alveoli in lungs increase as lungs mature

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Persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration in the extremities

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Acrocyanosis

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What is mottling

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Lacy pattern of small reddish and pale areas. Is common because of the normal instability of the blood circulation at the skins surface

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When do anterior fontanels usually close by

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18 months

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When do posterior fontanels usually close by
3 months
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When do milia usually come out
3-4 weeks
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What would you see in a newborn baby where the sutures cross
Caput succedaneum
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What are characteristics of a cephalohematoma
Under the skin but still above the skull
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Who do you usually see plagiocephaly in
Usually in infants but it can be congenital.when acquired it is most likely positional
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What is treatment of plagiocephaly? why is it important?
You can't shape head once fontanels close. If you use helmet as treatment it must be worn 23.5 hours a day and usually it is corrected in 3-9months
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What is vision acuity at birth
20/200-400
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What do newborns do when looking at a object at birth? What reflexes are present?
Fixate close object, pupillary and corneal reflexes present
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How do color preferences change in an infant
Change from black and white to red and yellow
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At 4 months what does infant do when looking at an object
Track, converge close objects
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When do tear ducts open
4 months
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When do infant recognize objects
12 months
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Hearing/language achievements at 3 months
Locate sound and simple intentional vocalizations
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When does a child respond to own name
8 months
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Hearing/language achievements 8 months
Responds to own name and imitates sounds
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How many words does infant have at 10 months
1-2 words
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At what age can infant pick up a toy and put it down
3 months
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When can infant intentionally close hands
1 month
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When can infant intentionally open hands
3 months
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When can infant hold object like a bottle up but not really know what to do then
4 months
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When does infant have voluntary grasp
5 months
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When can infant hold object like a bottle on own, time when you can introduce cups
6-7 months
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When infant has crude pincer grasp
8-9 months
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When infant has fine pincer grasp
10-11 months
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What is most important thing in first year
Feeding themselves
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What she do most babies have good enough fine pincer grasp to feed themselves
9-10 months
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Minimal head lag by ___ months; no head lag by ___ months
Minimal by 4; none by 6
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What way will child roll first
Front to back
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When will a child fill fully roll front to back
By 5 months
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When will a child willfully roll back to front
By 6 months
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When can a child sit alone
6-7 months
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When can infant bear own weight
6-7 months
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When does creeping/crawling happen
9-10 months
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When does walking happen
12-15 months
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Do all babies crawl?
No some never crawl
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Should you be concerned if a infant has a wide stance when sitting after 12 months
Yes because it could be a balance issue
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Most babies will go to anybody until about when?
9 months
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How do infants learn
By senses
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When do infants begin cooing and making sounds not related to crying
6-8 weeks
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What is infants first tooth
Lower central incisor
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How does a child feel when teething?
Irritable, WITHOUT fever. Teething pain is about 3 days total
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How do you know how many teeth infant should have up to 24 months
Age of child in months - 6 = # if teeth
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When does baby usually get first tooth? Next one?
6 months then usually one each months after
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How many teeth should babies have
20
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If baby is drooling does that mean they are teething?
No! Drooling happens when salivary glands start working
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What should you do if baby doesn't get lower central incisor first?
Investigate further, every baby gets teeth in the same order
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No solid food until?
6 months
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How long do people usually exclusively breast feed
4-6 weeks
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Should introduce all different types of foods at forts to see what baby likes
No, one food at a time to see if baby is allergic to anything
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How long do maternal iron stores usually last
9 months
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When should you do a anemia iron screen by
By 12 months | Around 9
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When do infants transition to whole milk
12 months, whole milk has hardly any iron in it
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Hemoglobin should be greater than what in infancy
10 g/dl
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What foods should you introduce after 1 year
Eggs, fish, nuts, chocolate, corn
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How long do infants sleep up to 3 months
15 hours/day