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LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

Lifespan Development•Neonate: Birth to 28 days•Infant: Birth up to 1 year old•Toddler: 1 to 3 years old•Preschooler: 3 to 6 years old•School-age: 6 to 12 years old•Adolescent: 12 to 18 years old

• Early Adulthood: 18 to 40 years old• Middle Adulthood: 40 to 60 years old• Late Adulthood: 60 to end of life

Neonates•Don’t like to be cold•Don’t like to be separated

Toddlers•Thinks they’re independent because they can walk and talk•Cannot reason•Incapable of complex ideas

Preschool

• Don’t like to be touched• Don’t like to be separated• May feel illness or injury is a form of

punishment

School-Aged

• Concrete thinking skills• My feel injury or illness is some sort of

punishment• Fears separation • Modest

Adolescents

• Basic understanding of the body and its functions• May help with the physical exam• They are literalAfraid of death and dying

painbloodpermanent injury

• More thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology

• Processes and expresses complex ideas• Risk takers • Poor judgment of consequence• Fear of disfigurement and permanent injury• Want to be treated as adults………but

• May need to be treated and handled as a younger child

• Be respectful and non-judgmental• Maintain a sense of professionalism• Respect, and maintain dignity and modesty

Early Adulthood

• Peak of health• Active• It is this age group that are at greater risk for

traumatic injuries and accidents

Middle Adulthood

• The aging process is in full swing

Late Adulthood•Decline in health may be attributed to lifestyle•May be continued decline in:

Ability to seeAbility to hearAbility to tasteAbility to smellDecreased ability to perceive pain