Type of Bed - Gender Differences Flashcards
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infants sleep on a pandanus mat covered with a blanket, and sometimes, a pillow is used.
Traditional American Samoan home
Made of wood and might be decorated in various ways and is used by several Native American nations.
Cradleboard
Helps the infant feel secure and is easily moved while the family engages in work, travel, or other activities.
Cradleboard
- Blamed for exacerbating hip dysplasia in Native American infants; diapering counterbalances this by causing a slight abduction of the hips.
Cradleboard
- Infant sleeps with the mother, allowed to breast-feed on demand with minimal disturbance of adult sleep
- United States and Canada
- Less parental motivation to enforce “sleeping through the night.”
- United States and Canada
- Infants continue to wake up every 4 hours during the night to be fed.
- United States and Canada
United States and Canada, transition from sleeping in a crib to a bed without side rails occurs during _______ years.
preschool
A function accomplished by the combined work of the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, respiratory, and integumentary systems of the body.
Elimination
Primary concern of _______ and _______ is bowel and bladder control.
toddlers and pre-schoolers
major developmental milestones.
Toilet training or toileting
True or False
Most children are capable of achieving dryness by 2½ to 3 years of age.
True
True or False
Bowel training is more easily accomplished than bladder training.
True
True or False
Daytime (diurnal) dryness is more easily attained than nighttime (nocturnal) dryness.
True
Some cultures start toilet training a child before his or her first birthday and consider the child a “failure” if dryness is not achieved by __months.
18
In some cultures, children are not expected to be dry until __ years of age.
5
True or False
Boys typically acquire bladder control before girls.
False
Girls typically acquire bladder control before boys.
factors influencing menstruation
- Ethnicity
- Diet.
- Exercise.
- Stress.
strongest determinant of the duration and character of menstrual flow.
Ethnicity
Signals that a girl’s body is physiologically becoming ready for motherhood.
Menarche
During menstruation they are not
- Not permitted to walk barefooted.
- Wash their hair.
- Take showers or baths during menses.
Traditional Mexican American families
Sour or iced foods cause the menstrual flow to thicken.
Mexican Americans
Drinking lemon or pineapple juice will increase menstrual cramping.
Puerto Rican teenagers
True or False
In Islamic law, blood is considered unclean.
True