Adolescent
This growth spurt begins around age 10 for girls and age 12 in boys.
What is: the pubescent growth spurt. This growth spurt signals the beginning of adolescence.
Involves orderly and sequential changes that occur over time.
What is adult development.
This happens when a person begins to examine life goals and relationships.
What is: the beginning of midlife transition.
This is increasing in the older persons population.
What is: the number of older persons, especially the number of persons older than 85 years.
This is when adults have simultaneous responsibilities of raising and caring for children, as well as caring for aging parents.
What is: the sandwich generation.
Although peers have a strong influence on adolescent's, these still maintain a primary role in an adolescents life.
What are: Parents
Except for pregnancy-related changes, young adults are generally in this period of physical development.
What is stable?
These are two significant physiological changes of the middle years
What is menopause in women and changes in sexual response in men.
This influences the quality of care of older persons
What is: the nurse’s attitudes toward older persons
Attitudes should be based on accurate information about older persons, not on myths and stereotypes.
Lack of facilities, materials, social supports, knowledge, motivation, insufficient skills to effect change in health habits, and undefined short/long term goals.
What are: barriers to health literacy.
This is closely tied to physical changes and social interactions
What is: the development of body image body.
This continues throughout the young and middle adult year
What is: cognitive development
These are rare in middle age except in cases of illness or physical trauma.
What are: Cognitive changes
Biological and psychosocial theories offer possible explanations for the changes that occur in aging, however, this must always be understood.
What is: knowing that every older individual ages in a unique way.
Retirement, social isolation, change in housing, death of friends and family, sense of own mortality, and sexuality.
What are: issues and events that involve psychosocial changes related to aging.
According to Erikson, this is the major developmental work of adolescence
What is: establishing a sense of identity.
This promotes positive health outcomes for young and middle-aged adults.
What is: increased health literacy.
These are five psychosocial changes for middle-aged adults.
What are: 1. career transition
2. sexuality
3. marital change
4. family transition
5. care of aging parents.
Acute care settings increase an older persons’ risk for these.
What are: delirium, dehydration, malnutrition, health care–associated infections, urinary incontinence, and falls.
Question existing moral values and learning to make their own choices.
What is: an indication that adolescents begin exhibit in relation to their moral values and choices (according to Kohlberg’s theory of moral development).
Abstract thought, thinking beyond the present, logical reasoning, and a sense of idealism.
What is cognitive development in adolescence
This correlates with their ability to address and resolve personal and social problems.
What is: the emotional health of young adults
These are three health goals of middle-aged adults.
What are :
1. preventing stress-related illnesses
2. participating in health assessments
3. adopting positive health habits.
Therapeutic communication, touch, cognitive stimulation, reminiscence, and interventions to improve body image.
What are: nursing interventions for psychosocial concerns that include several nursing practices.
These can fluctuate a great deal and exasperate family members (especially parents) but are normal for this age group.
What are: adolescent emotions.