In planning nursing care for an 18-month-old child, the nurse should know that the predominant developmental characteristic of children this age is:
1. Parallel play
2. Peer pressure
3. Mutilation anxiety
4. Imaginary playmates
ANS: 1
During toddlerhood, the child begins to participate in parallel play, which is playing beside rather than with another child. Peer pressure is seen with the school-age child. A fear of the preschool child is bodily harm. The preschool child may have imaginary playmates.
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