Nursing 1080A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter week 5: Long Bone, Nursing Assessment, Phenylketonuria
9 Dec 2016
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Growth and development are synchronous processes that are interdependent in the healthy individual. Depend on endocrine, genetic, constitutional, environmental and nutritional influences. Quantative, or measurable, aspect of an individuals increase in physical measurements. Includes height, weight, teeth, skeletal structures, and sexual characteristics. Children generally double their birth weight by 5 months of age and their birth height by 36 months. Also affected by other contextual factors other than genetics such as socioeconomic status. A progressive and continuous process of change leading to increased skill and capacity to function. Result of complex interactions between biological and environmental influences. Proceed from simple to complex, from general to specific, from head to toe (cephalocaudal) and from the trunk to the extremities (poximodistal) Childs progression from rolling over to crawling to walking are developmental changes. Factors influencing growth and development: genetic or natural forces within the person, the environment in which the person lives, the interactions that take place between these two factors.
