NURS 334 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fibrous Joint, Fontanelle, Birth Weight
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Hockenberry: wong"s nursing care of infants and children, 10th edition. Chapter 10: health promotion of the infant and family. Infant birth weight should double by 6 months of age and triple by 12 months of age. Head growth is also rapid and an important determinant of brain growth. Expanding head size reflects the growth and differentiation of the nervous system. By the end of the first year, the brain has increased in weight approximately 2. 5 times. Increases in length occur in sudden spurts rather than in a slow, gradual pattern. By 1 year, birth length has increased by almost 50%. Play is a major socializing agent and provides stimulation needed to learn from and interact with the environment. Play in infancy is considered to be solitary play, or one sided; infants choose with whom they will interact. At 6 to 8 months, they usually refuse to play with strangers.
