Exam 1 Study Guide
Please note that this is not meant as a substitution for learning all the material presented in class and using
your text to supplement that material. This is a guide to major themes on the exam.
You may have notes (handwritten or typed) on one side of one, 8.5x11 paper.
G&D
- Remember the patterns of growth of children discussed in lecture, cephalocaudal, proximodistal, then
if you know what they are doing at 6 mos, 1, 2, & 3 yrs, you know how they got there.
- You gain head control, roll, sit with support, bear weight, then sit independently, pull to stand, cruise,
walk, etc.
- Same with verbal with no words at 6 mos, then a few words at a year to 2 word sentences, then 3 then
4. It’s a progression.
- You need to know Erikson and Piaget (those should be review from a GE class you took). One or the
other will be on this exam and the cumulative final.
- Most exam questions have an age of a child within them. You need to understand growth and
development at different ages to answer questions.
- If you are struggling with this information- put it on your test notes paper
Hospitalization & Pain
- Pain management at different ages and diagnoses, pharmacological and non-pharm
- Pain scales, which ages and cognitive development will you use each scale with, apply that knowledge
- Explaining interventions at different ages
Health Promotion & Immunizations
- Live vaccine schedule (Varicella, MMR)
- Nuances of administering vaccines, timing with each other, special considerations with timing, which
vaccines have interchangeable brands, medical conditions/signs/sx caused by vaccine preventable
diseases(last slides beginning with “Administration of Vaccines”)
- What are we vaccinating against- disease sx, outcomes)
- Vaccines during pregnancy to protect the newborn
- Fever/rule out sepsis in newborn, diagnostics, treatment
Nutrition
- What do they eat at what age?
- Which infants need Vitamin D supplementation and why
- At risk deficiencies at different ages and sx of deficiency
- Anticipated weight patterns for infants (double at 6 months, triple at 12)
- Failure to thrive and obesity s/s, interventions. How are they classified on the growth chart including z
scores which are in your text
- Dentition development
- Lead poisoning, risk factors, years houses built
There will be medication calculations on each exam.