A student nurse asks a pediatric nurse what cephalocaudal development means. Which response by the nurse is most accurate?
A.
Growth that occurs from bottom to top
B.
Growth that occurs from midline outward
C.
Growth that occurs from outside to midline
D.
Growth that occurs from top to bottom
ANS: D
Growth in infants occurs in a cephalocaudal direction, that is, from head to toe (top to bottom). Growth that occurs from midline outward is termed proximodistal. Growth does not occur from bottom to top or from the periphery to the midline.
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