A nurse is caring for pediatric patients and using the developmental theory to plan nursing care. What is the focus of this nurse's care?
a. Humans have an orderly, predictive process of growth and development.
b. Humans respond to threats by adapting with growth and development.
c. Humans respond with cognitive principles for growth and development.
d. Humans have psychosocial domains to growth and development.
ANS: A
With development theory, human growth and development is an orderly predictive process that begins with conception and continues through death. Stress/adaptation theories describe how humans respond to threats by adapting in order to maintain function and life. Educational theories explain the teaching-learning process by examining behavioral, cognitive, and adult-learning principles. Psychosocial theories explain human responses within the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual domains.
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