G & D Theories in action
This stage of psychosocial development is best facilitated by offering prompt response to discomfort, and offering cuddling along with stimulating interaction.
What is Erikson's trust vs. mistrust?
By this age, most infants can sit alone, without being supported.
What is 7 months old?
Drowning or unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for this age group.
What are toddlers?
Two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption living in the same household.
What is family structure?
Holistic nursing care that is focused on individual and group wellness
What is family nursing?
In this stage, the individual is shifting attachment away from parents and making choices about their future plans.
What is Erikson's "Identity vs. role confusion"?
During this developmental stage, the child grows about 2 inches and gains 4-7 lbs. per year, taking on a slimmer appearance.
What is a school aged child?
What are STI's? (Sexually transmitted infections)
This type of family unit is a strain on parents that have older and younger generations to care for. HINT: Also a popular lunch item
What are sandwich families?
Ages and stages of growth are organized into 8 steps of a family's life cycle.
What is Developmental Theory?
What is Piaget's "Sensorimotor" Stage?
During this stage of development, head circumference and chest circumference are roughly equal.
What is a 'toddler'?
An infant is at risk for this condition if not given proper nutrition or has not formed a bonded relationship with the mother or caregiver.
What is 'Failure to thrive'?
To assess this, you could ask questions like how do you make decisions as a family, along with visual cues and body language amongst each other.
What is your communication style?
This theory involves looking at the interactions and balance among different systems.
What is General Systems Theory?
According to this theorist, individuals may regress to earlier stages of psychosocial development during times of stress or unforeseen life events.
Who is Erik Erikson?
What is a 'pre-schooler'?
Nutrition and life style are primarily responsible for this epidemic in school-aged children.
What is childhood obesity?
This perspective of family nursing focuses on the ill patient and how their family supports or becomes a stressor during care.
What is 'family as the context for care'?
What is Structural-Functional Theory?
Develops the ability to think abstractly, reason, deduce and define concepts in a logical manner.
What is Piaget's "Formal Operations"?
By the end of this stage, all vital organs have reached adult size.
What is 'adolescence'?
This problem occurs in older adults with multiple medical problems and can result in confusion, delirium and depression as potential side-effects.
What is polypharmacy?
This nursing diagnosis can be used if a person is having difficulty coping with the responsibilities of caring for their family member's medical needs.
What is Caregiver role strain?
Theories in family care are useful for this stage of the nursing process.
What is Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation?