Developmental Stages

1. Developmental Stages Unit 7 Seminar Melissa Penner, RN, BSN, MATL Student Teacher

2. Welcome to Week 7 Please come to this week's seminar prepared to discuss how various developmental stages in members of your virtual family can impact how you collect health assessment data. Prepare at least two specific examples using two members of your family.  In preparing for the seminar, remember you can review the readings as well as the discussions that occurred.

3. Developmental Stages • Erikson’s 8 Developmental Stages • Freud’s theory • Includes social and cultural influences First theorist to determine that development is a life long process

4. Erikson’s Theory • Eight stages • move from birth to death Presented as developmental crises that a person resolves before proceeding to the next stage

5. Erikson’s Stages of Development Lets look at all eight stages

6. Newborn or Infant Conflict: Trust vs Mistrust Accomplishment: Baby learns to trust caregiver

7. Early Childhood18 months to 3 years Conflict: Autonomy vs Shame Accomplishment: Development of a sense of personal control and indepenence

8. Play Age3-5 years Conflict: Initiative vs Guilt Accomplishment: Sense of purpose

9. School Age6-12 years Conflict: Industry vs Inferiority Accomplishment: Sense of competence

10. Adolescence12-18 years Conflict: Identity vs Role Confusion Accomplishment: Sense of self and personal identity

11. Young Adulthood18-35 years Conflict: Intimacy and Solidarity vs Isolation Accomplishment: Strong relationships

12. Middle Adulthood35 to55or 65 years Conflict: Generativity vs Self Absorption or Stagnation Accomplishment: Feelings of usefulness and accomplishment

13. Late Adulthood55 or 65 to Death Conflict: Integrity vs Despair Accomplishment: Feelings of wisdom

14. Comprehensive Health Assessment • In this unit, you will complete your work on a comprehensive health assessment using interventions that are both developmentally and culturally appropriate. This work will be based upon your collection of the data for your family provided in the course to date. • In Unit 7, you evaluated the developmental issues for the members of the your virtual family, using Erikson or another reliable source, to support your discussion. In this unit, you will develop the culturally appropriate strategies of the project. Your project will discuss each family member individually and how cultural issues may affect the family as a group.

15. Comprehensive Health Assessment • This information will be combined with your work in Unit 7 and submitted as a single project for both units. Your final project will be a 3-5 page paper in APA format and include the following: • A comprehensive health assessment based on developmental and cultural factors. • Identification of developmental issues for each family member and their potential impact on the family as a whole. • Identification of cultural issues for each family member and their potential impact on the family as a whole. • Identification of strategies/interventions for the nurse to use when conducting a health assessment of patients from diverse developmental stages and cultures.

16. Comprehensive Health Assessment • Preparation for a comprehensive health assessment based on developmental and cultural factors • Identification of developmental issues • Identification of cultural issues • Identification of strategies for the nurse to use when conducting a health assessment of patients from diverse developmental stages and cultures

17. References • Davidson, M., Ladewig, P. and London, M. L. (2007). Olds' Maternal-Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Across the Lifespan. 8th Ed. Prentice Hall.