Lifespan Development Timeline

  • Weight

    6-8 lbs
    Gain 30 g/day
  • Reflexes

    Moro reflex, palmar grasp, rooting reflex, suckling reflex
  • Vitals

    pulse 90-180 bpm
    respiratory 30-60 breaths/min
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    Neonate

  • Vitals

    pulse 100-160
    respiratory rate 25-50
  • Fontanelles

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    Infant

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    Toddler

  • Vitals

    Pulse: 180-40 bpm
    Respiratory rate: 20-15
    BP: 80-100
  • Weight levels off

  • Passive immunity is lost

  • Neuromuscular growth

    likes to play with things
  • Potty training and teathing

  • Psychological Changes

    -learn to speak/express
    -interact/play games with other children
    -understand cause/effect
    -recognize sexual differences
  • Vitals

    Approach those of adulthood Should fit the situation
  • Growth

  • Psychological Changes: Reasoning

    Preconventional reasoning: act to avoid punishment and get what they want
    -conventional reasoning: approval from peers/society
    -postconventional reasoning: make decisions guided by conscious
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    School-Age Children

  • Growth

    2-3 yr growth spurt (girls done by 16, boys by 18)
  • Reproductive System Matures

  • Psychological Changes

    -privacy becomes an issue
    -adolescents and their families often deal with conflict

    -increased self consciousness
    -antisocial peak 14-16 yrs
    -smoking, drugs, unprotected sex
    -eating disorders
    -develop ethics
    -high risk of suicide/depression
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    Adolescent

  • Vitals: Standard

  • Age 19-25

    Reached your 'prime'
  • Psychological Changes

    -life centers on work family and stress
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    Early Adult

  • Psychosocial Changes

    -focus of achieving life goals
    -readjusting lifestyle as children leave
    -caring for aging parents
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    Middle Adult

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    Late Adult

  • Vitals

    vital signs depend on overall health, medical condition, medications
  • Physical Conditions

    -heart rate decreases, blood volume declines
    -vascular system stiffens
    -size of airway increases BUT alveoli surface area decreases
    -breathing becomes more labor intensive
  • Endocrine System

    -insulin production decreases
    -metabolism decreases
    -decreased physical activity but not food intake
  • Digestive System

    -taste decreases
    -move food through system less effectively
    -gallstones develop