Nursing 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Peer Group, Health Promotion, Substance Abuse

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 1080A/B
• Professor: amyhorton

Document Summary

Principles of growth and development: understanding of general principles related to physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development from infancy to adolescence, explore piaget"s cognitive developmental theory and erikson"s psychosocial development theory. Understanding typical growth and development helps nurses predict, prevent and detect any changes from patients expected patterns and to develop approaches and programs that can further enhance developmental well-being of individuals, [and ultimately] provide individualized care . Growth and development: growth: quantitative, development: qualitative changes seen over time, areas of health promotion can be identified, simple to complex, proximal to distally. [in all arenas], perseverance, will learn to view work +vely. Inadequacy, inferiority, hopelessness, mediocrity, withdrawal from peers & in school. Trying on new roles/shaping own identity, puberty, new social demands & opportunities, conflicts with try ons . Developing with another, committing to work & relationships. Accepts worth & uniqueness of own life, accepts death. Relationships impersonal, avoids relationships, career or lifestyle commitments.