The nursing instructor will need to provide further instruction to the student who states, "Development proceeds
a. In a proximal-distal pattern."
b. In a cephalocaudal pattern."
c. At a slower rate during the embryonic stage."
d. At a predictive rate from the moment of conception."
C
From the moment of conception, human development proceeds at a predictive and rapid rate. During gestation or the prenatal period, the embryo grows from a single cell to a complex physiologic being. Development proceeds in a cephalocaudal and proximal-distal pattern.
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