Module 2 Learning Guide
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Assess major biologic, psychosocial, cognitive, and social developments in the first year
of life and provide guidelines to parents.
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Interpret major growth and developmental changes in infancy and provide guidelines to
parents.
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Differentiate hearing/vision, height/weight, and developmental screening results.
 Apply the nursing process to selected health problems commonly occurring in infancy.
Growth and Development in Infancy
It is important for you to know a few key developmental milestones (physical, gross motor, fine
motor, sensory, language and communication, social-emotional, and cognitive) for each of the
following ages:
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Newborn
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1 month
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2 months
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4 months
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6 months
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9 months
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12 months
Physical Examination
Health Promotion
Health Problems
Play
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Physical Examination
Health Promotion
Health Problems
Gross Motor Skills by
age
Fine Motor Skills by
age
Language/
Communication
by age
Psychosocial
Cognitive
Object Permanence
At what age does it develop and what is it? What does it signify?
Anticipatory Guidance
Outline appropriate anticipatory guidance for each of the infancy age groups.
Also provide anticipatory guidance for:
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Stranger fear
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Child care
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Limit-setting/discipline
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Temperament
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Thumbsucking
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Pacifier use
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Sleep
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Teething
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Dental care
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Safety
Nutrition
Be sure to know appropriate progression of feeding for the various age groups
Attachment
What role does attachment play in infant growth and development?
Separation Anxiety
Definition and significance?
Health Problems Occurring during Infancy
Provide nursing assessment and management for:

Colic
o Nursing Assessment
o Nursing Management 
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
o Nursing Assessment
o Nursing Management 
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Apparent life-threatening event (ALTE)
o Nursing Assessment
o Nursing Management 
REMEMBER: Health care providers are experts on health care; families are experts on the child
and child’s response to illness
Don’t forget to review the Key Point Summaries for at the ends of the chapters (available
on Evolve).
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