Infants Flashcards
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Age of a newborn
0-30 days
Age of a infant
30 days to 1 year
Age of a toddler
1-3 years
Age of a preschooler
3-5 years
Age of a school age child
5-12 years
Age of a adolescent
12-20 years
How old does the Denver go up to
6
What are the four areas of concern for development
Fine motor, gross motor, language, social
Doctor visit schedule for infants
30 days, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
What is the job of growth charts
To plot growth over time
A child should double birth weight by when
6 months
A child should _______ birth weight by 1 year
Triple
When do you get alerted with growth shown in growth charts
It growth goes more than one standard deviation up or down
What should you plot every visit
Height and weight
Do height and weight percentiles have to be the same?
No
When do you measure head circumstance
Measured until child turns 2
When do you measure abdominal and chest circumference
Usually at birth to make sure baby is within normal limits
Elicited by stroking the cheek or edge of the mouth. Newborn turns the head toward the side that is touched and starts to suck
Sucking and rooting reflex
What is expected Babinski in newborn
Toes will fan up and out
What is cephalocaudal development
Child develops muscle control from head down
Why do the normal vital signs change in infants
Because the number of alveoli in lungs increase as lungs mature
Persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration in the extremities
Acrocyanosis
What is mottling
Lacy pattern of small reddish and pale areas. Is common because of the normal instability of the blood circulation at the skins surface
When do anterior fontanels usually close by
18 months