Title: Examine principles of growth and development across the lifespan.
Course: Practical Nursing II (14052-II) > Section: Understanding Principles of Growth and Development

Examination should include

- characteristics of specific life stages

  - cephalocaudal
  - proximodistal
  - directional
  - continuous
  - maturation
  - readiness
  - development tasks

- the development of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor patterns.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What specific milestones does a person achieve at specific times of life?
- What are developmental stages, and how do they apply to growth and development?
- What are the different domains of development (e.g., cognitive, affective, psychomotor)?
- How are general patterns of growth and development explained (e.g., average life expectancy, average age of marriage, midlife crisis)?