NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
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In normal development, a 6-month-old baby can control his head before lying down. The principles of development involved in the baby are:
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progression from specific to general.
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the baby’s motor development rate is the same.
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development is the result of learning.
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the direction of development follows the cephalocaudal direction.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The cephalocaudal trend acknowledges a top-down growth trend. For example, infants may use their upper limbs before their lower limbs. The proximodistal trend, on the other hand, acknowledges growth from the center of the body outwards. For example, infants use their arms before they can use their fingers effectively.
Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. The cephalocaudal principle refers to the general pattern of physical and motoric development followed from infancy into toddlerhood and even early childhood whereby development follows a head-to-toe progression.
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