A mother asks the nurse to explain what fine motor skills are. She has heard that it has something to do with the ability to draw and color within the lines in school-aged children, and she is curious to know what this means in an infant
The nurse would explain that fine motor development is the ability to: a. write and draw and that infants do not have any fine motor skills
b. coordinate hand-to-eye movement in an orderly and progressive manner
c. pick up items and move them from place to place in a voluntary fashion
d. use all of the fingers equally well and both hands in a coordinated method
B
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A Incorrect. The nurse would not explain that fine motor development is the ability to write and draw and that infants do not have any fine motor skills.
B Correct. Fine motor development is the ability to coordinate hand-eye movement in an orderly and progressive manner.
C Incorrect. The nurse would not explain that fine motor development is the ability to pick up items and move them from place to place in a voluntary fashion.
D Incorrect. The nurse would not explain that fine motor development is the ability to use all of the fingers equally well and both hands in a coordinated method.
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