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Nursing Term-Week 13
Question | Answer |
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Adolescent | Pertains to adolescent or young man or woman not fully grown |
Circadian Rhythm | Rhythm that completes a full cycle every 24 hours |
Cooperative Play | Organized play among a group of children in which activities are planned for the purpose of achieving some goal |
Delta Sleep | Deep sleep, occuring during stage III and especially stage IV in NREM sleep |
Enuresis | Involuntary urination. Complete or partial, diurnal or nocturnal. May be voluntary |
Isolation | Limitation of movement and social contacts of patients suffering from or a known carrier of |
Maturation | The process or condition of attaining complete development |
Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (NREM) | Characterizes four stages of sleep |
Parallel Play | To play alongside another child but not with him; social interaction does not occur |
Pediatrics | Medical science relating to the hygiene care of children and treatment of diseases peculiar to them |
Peer Group | A group in which memebers have equal standing with each other |
Peer Group Pressure | Strong motivation real or perceived for conformity to values, customs, and fads (within the age group) |
Preschool | Human; 3-5;nursery |
Puberty | The age during which the reproductive organs become active and secondary sex characteristics develop |
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM) | Stage that constitute 20-25% of a person's nightly sleep; person is difficult to arouse during this stage |
Solitary Play | A form of play among a group of children within the same room or area in which each child engages independent activity (do not want to play with other children) |
Toddler | Young child who talks with short tottering steps (1-3 years old) |
Generativity | The willignness to care for and guide others desecribed by Erikson as a developmental task of the middle years of life |
Masturbation | Self-stimulation of the genitals or of the body parts to derive erotic pleasure |