A nurse is assessing temperaments of children. Which terms should ...

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A nurse is assessing temperaments of children. Which terms should the nurse use to describe findings? (Select all that apply.)
 
  a. The easy child
  b. The defiant child
  c. The difficult child
  d. The slow-to-warm up child
  e. The momma's boy or daddy's girl

Question 2

A nurse works on a pediatric unit and is using a psychosocial developmental approach to child care. In which order from the first to the last will the nurse place the developmental stages?
 
  1. Initiative versus guilt
  2. Trust versus mistrust
  3. Industry versus inferiority
  4. Identity versus role confusion
  5. Autonomy versus shame and doubt
  a. 2, 5, 3, 1, 4
  b. 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
  c. 2, 3, 1, 5, 4
  d. 2, 5, 1, 3, 4

[Edwyer]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, C, D
Psychiatrists identified three basic classes of temperament: the easy child; the difficult child; and the slow-to-warm up child. There is no momma's boy or daddy's girl or defiant child.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Erikson uses a psychosocial approach to development. The stages are as follows: trust versus mistrust; autonomy versus shame and doubt; initiative versus guilt; industry versus inferiority; and identity versus role confusion.