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Week 2: Developing Child Flashcards

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Asymmetrical tonic fencing appears when and disappears when in the newborn?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 4-9 months

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The Moro (startle) reflex appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 4 months

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Palmar grasp appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 4-6 months

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Plantar grasp appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 9 months

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Stepping reflex begins when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 4-8 weeks

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Placing reflex appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 2 months

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Rooting reflex appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 3 months

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Sucking reflex appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 2-5 months

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Parachute reflex appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: 8-9 months
Disappears: persists throughout life

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Truncal incurvation/galant’s reflex appears when and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 1-2 months

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Plantar reflex(babinski) appears and disappears when?

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Appears: birth
Disappears: 12-24 months

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When can a child transfer an object between hands?

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7 months

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When does the fine pincer grasp develop?

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10-11 months

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Head control starts when and is established when?

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Starts: 2 months
Established: 4-6 months

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When does a child roll from abdomen to back:

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5 months

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When does a child roll back to abdomen?

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6 months

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When does a child sit without support?

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8 months

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When does a child go from prone to sitting?

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10 months

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Crawling age:

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6-7 months

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Creeping age:

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9 months

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Stands alone at what age?

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10 months

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Age when a child walks independently:

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12-15 months

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After what age should an infant with a head lag be evaluated?

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6 months

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When should a child be evaluated when they cannot pull to a standing position?

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11-12 months should be evaluated for hip dysplasia

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When does object permanence develop?
6-8 months
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When should an infant smile at themselves in a mirror?
9 months
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When does an infant smile in response to stimuli?
6-8 weeks
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Why does a breastfed infant need iron supplementation at 6 months?
There is very little in breast milk and infant has depleted iron stores by that time.
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Most common infant allergens?
Eggs, cow milk, and citrus
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How to determine number of teeth an infant should have?
Age of child in months - 6= number of teeth
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When is voluntary control of elimination possible?
Sphincter control happens at 18-24 months
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When does a toddler walk well?
15 months
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When can a child stand on one foot, walk on tiptoe, and climb with alternating feet?
3 years
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When can a child throw a ball overhand?
18 months
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When can a child draw circles?
3 years
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When can a child build towers?
2 years
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When does a child start using scissors, laces shoes, copies a square, and draws a 3 part stick figure?
4 years
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When does a child tie shoes, uses a pencil well, prints a few letters, and draws a 9 part stick figure?
5 years
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Prepubescence is defined as:
2 years preceding puberty and ends with 13th bday.
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Average age of puberty in males and females:
Females- 12 | Males- 14
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Puberty is defined as:
Development of secondary sex characteristics
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Post-pubescence is defined as:
1-2 years after puberty; skeletal growth is complete; reproductive functions matured.
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Thelarche is:
Appearance of breast buds and girls will typically get period 2 years after this.
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Adrenarche is:
Growth of pubic hair on mons pubis 2-6 months after thelarche
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When should you not place a TB skin test?
If previous history of positive test. If live vaccines or Ig one month before
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Live vaccines can be given on the same day/ or same time as a TB skin test? T or F
True
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What are the live vaccines?
MMR, varicella, MMRV, yellow fever, zoster
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How to read a PPD?
Read across the arm, never up and down. Measure induration not erythema. Measured and recorded in mm not just positive or negative.
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Interpretation of PPD:
Greater than 15 mm: positive in everyone Greater than 10 mm: positive in children less than 4, people with other medical conditions, frequent exposure/travel to high prevalence areas
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Scarlet fever is caused by:
Group A beta-hemolytic strep
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Scarlet fever is transmitted from:
Direct contact with infected person or droplet spread, indirectly by contact with contaminated articles or ingestion of contaminated food.
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Treatment of scarlet fever:
Antibiotics (PCN, erythro, cephalosporin) Supportive care
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Abrupt high fever, pulse increased out of proportion to fever, vomiting, ha, chills, malaise, abdomen pain, and halitosis are symptoms of what stage of scarlet fever?
Prodromal stage
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Enanthema is the stage of Scarlett fever when:
Eruption on mucous membranes during first few days STRAWBERRY TONGUE
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Exanthema is the stage of Scarlett fever when:
Eruption occurs on skin Rash appears 12 hours after prodromal signs
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Erythema infectiousum is:
Fifth disease
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Erythema infectiosum is caused by:
Human parvovirus B19
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Erythema infectiosum is transmitted through:
Respiratory secretions and blood/blood products
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Management of erythema infectiosum:
Supportive antipyretics and analgesics Avoid pregnant women (teratogenic for fetus) Children may return to school once rash appears
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How erythema infectiosum occurs:
Fever, malaise, ha followed by a lacy rash 1 week later
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Protection produced by the persons own immune system, often lifetime:
Active immunity
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Protection transferred from another animal or human, effective protection that wanes over time:
Passive immunity
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A live or inactivated substance capable of producing an immune response:
Antigen
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Protein molecules (immunoglobulins) produced by B lymphocytes to help eliminate an antigen:
Antibody

Nurp 500: Health Assessment (11 decks)

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