1.What is Tanner staging? Discuss the physical findings with each stage.
2.What are some of the techniques that you can use to get children to take deep breaths for you?
3.How would you assess vision and hearing in an infant?
4.Discuss each of the following primitive reflexes. Include how to test for, when each should disappear and what it means if reflex persists.
•Moro
•Tonic Neck
•Babinski
•Stepping
•Rooting
•Sucking
•Palmar grasp
•Plantar
•Galant
5.In what order should you perform a physical assessment on a child?
6.What physical assessment findings would alert you that a child was having trouble breathing?
7.While listening to heart sounds of a 2 year old you detect a Grade II systolic ejection murmur. What other things would be important for you to include in both your history AND your physical assessment?
8.Why is capillary refill such an important assessment finding in the pediatric population?
9.A 2 week old baby has a malformation of the pinna of her left ear. Why would this be a red flag to the health care provider?
10.When assessing the abdomen, what findings would be red flags and warrant further testing?
11.When should the anterior and posterior fontanelles close?
12.How would you perform a neuro assessment on an infant?
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