NURS 334 Study Guide - Final Guide: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Health Promotion, Cognitive Development
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Hockenberry: wong"s nursing care of infants and children, 10th edition. Chapter 17: health promotion of the adolescent and family. The term teenage years is used synonymously with adolescence to describe ages 13 through 19 years: puberty involves a predictable sequence of hormonal and physical changes that occur universally over a defined period. It encompasses both sexual maturation and physical growth. Secondary sex characteristics are the changes that occur throughout the body as a result of hormonal changes (e. g. , voice alterations, development of facial and pubertal hair, and fat deposits) but that play no direct part in reproduction. The tanner stages are used to classify development of stages of secondary sex characteristics and genital development in females and males: according to erikson, the major developmental crisis of adolescence is establishing a sense of identity. The adolescent"s identity is defined according to the peer group, self, and sex role.
