Growth and Development Across the Lifespan - E-Book: Growth and Development Across the Lifespan - E-Book

by RN Leifer MA, ACE GFI Fleck MS

Overview

Promote healthy behaviors and healthy lifestyles throughout the life cycle! Growth and Development Across the Lifespan, 3rd Edition helps you plan and implement appropriate care for patients at each age and stage of life. Explaining concepts of physical, cognitive, social, and personality development, this text provides strategies for improving patient health and quality of life for each age group. Healthy People 2030 objectives are used to set a framework for positive health behaviors. From noted educators and authors Gloria Leifer and Eve Fleck, this book shows how a knowledge of normal growth and aberrations can be used to design individual approaches to patient care. - Patient teaching strategies are provided for every development stage, providing age-appropriate patient education tips. - Cultural influences on health are included in a separate Cultural Considerations in Health Care chapter and in special boxes throughout the text. - Lifespan Considerations boxes focus on issues specific to development stages. - Health Promotion boxes highlight critical health issues related to each life stage. - Safety Alert boxes focus on key safety issues for each life stage. - Critical Thinking scenarios and questions appear at the end of each chapter to help you consider all variables when planning care across the lifespan. - NEW! Healthy People 2030 goals and objectives are incorporated throughout the book. - NEW! Case studies are included in life stage chapters. - NEW! Updated physical activity guidelines are included from the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. - NEW! Updated content includes microbiomes, obesity, nutrition, telehealth, social media, substance abuse, and gun safety. - NEW! Review questions are added to the Evolve companion website.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323809436
Publisher:	Saunders, W. B. Company
Publication date:	08/14/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	886,692
File size:	36 MB
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About the Author

Gloria Leifer, MA, RN, CNE, is a professor of obstetric and pediatric nursing at Riverside City College in Riverside, California. Gloria has been the lead author on this title for all eight editions.Eve Fleck, MS, ACE GFI, ACE PT, NASM CPT, is a lecturer in the College of Health and Human Development, teaching physiology of aging and health, at California State University, Northridge.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Healthy People 2030 Chapter 2 Government Influences on Health Care Chapter 3 The Influence of Family on Developing a Lifestyle Chapter 4 Cultural Considerations and Communication Chapter 5 Theories of Development Chapter 6 Prenatal Influences on Healthy Development Chapter 7 The Infant Chapter 8 Early Childhood Chapter 9 Middle Childhood Chapter 10 Adolescence Chapter 11 Young Adulthood Chapter 12 Middle Adulthood Chapter 13 Late Adulthood Chapter 14 Geriatrics: Advanced Old-Age Chapter 15 Planning for the End of a Generation Chapter 16 Bereavement

Editorial Reviews

4 Stars! from Doody

Reviewer: Penny Wolfe Moore, RNC, PhD (Southwestern Adventist University)
Description: This book provides a "comprehensive review of concepts of growth and development from conception to death. . ." There are a few black-and-white photographs and shade areas of pink-to-red are used to emphasize topics, boxes, and other special information.
Purpose: The authors are not specific about their purpose but it is embedded in their statement, "We hope that the information contained in this text will provide the reader with the tools to enhance communication and develop effective plans of care for individual patients and their families." The book meets this purpose and goes far beyond.
Audience: The utilization of information contained in this book is not dependent on scope of practice, so the text can be useful to those studying in multidisciplinary health-related fields such as nursing, psychology, counseling, early childhood education, or any field where the understanding of the needs, risks, and challenges of a specific age group influences a positive outcome of the interaction. "This covers it well! The book is small and can be used as an adjunct text throughout a nursing program. I am finding it especially useful in a capstone, "get them ready for NCLEX-RN" course."
Features: "This text explains concepts and theories about physical, cognitive, social, and personality development in each stage of the life cycle, from conception to death. It also provides an explanation of normal development, behavior, skills, and limitations at each life stage and a discussion of external influences such as culture and environment on normal development." Information about Healthy People 2010 is integrated throughout. There is a strong emphasis on prevention and planning. The only way to improve this excellent book is to add color.
Assessment: This is a great addition to any healthcare provider's library. I recommend it for students' use throughout their healthcare education. This book would help hospitals meet JACHO requirements for life span education. It is so interesting I had trouble putting it down. An instructor's resource manual and a test bank of 375 examination questions are available.

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