What growth and development milestones are expected between the ages of 8 and 9 years? (Select all that apply.)
a. Can help with routine household tasks
b. Likes the reward system for accomplished tasks
c. Uses the telephone for practical purposes
d. Chooses friends more selectively
e. Goes about home and community freely, alone or with friends
f. Enjoys family time and is respectful of parents
ANS: A, B, E
Children between the age of 8 and 9 years accomplish many growth and development milestones, including helping with routine household tasks, liking the reward system when a task is accomplished well, and going out with friends or alone more independently and freely. Using the telephone for practical reasons, choosing friends more selectively, and finding enjoyment in family with new-found respect for parents are tasks accomplished between the ages of 10 and 12 years.
You might also like to view...
The nurse caring for a client with a chest tube to water seal is bathing and changing the linen when the sealed drainage system becomes damaged and the client suddenly becomes short of breath. The nurse's priority action is to:
1. Clamp the chest tube closer to the client. 2. Have the client cough forcefully. 3. Connect a new sealed drainage system. 4. Notify the charge nurse and physician.
When assessing a patient's lungs, the nurse recalls that the left lung:
a. Consists of two lobes. b. Is divided by the horizontal fissure. c. Primarily consists of an upper lobe on the posterior chest. d. Is shorter than the right lung because of the underlying stomach.
A nurse is measuring the head and chest circumference of a child. Which of the following is a recommended guideline for these procedures?
A) Use a cloth measuring tape to measure the chest. B) Measure the occipital-frontal circumference of the head for children up to 3 years of age. C) Do not measure the head of a child with a suspected abnormality. D) Measure the chest an inch below the nipple line.
Entrapment within the hospital bed system is a risk. Serious injury and death have occurred from head, neck, and chest entrapment
Indicate whether the statement is true or false