VNRS 181: Growth and Development: Infancy-Adolescence

Citrus College Course Outline of Record

Citrus College Course Outline of Record
Heading Value
Effective Term: Fall 2023
Credits: 1
Total Contact Hours: 18
Lecture Hours : 18
Lab Hours: 0
Hours Arranged: 0
Outside of Class Hours: 36
Prerequisite: VNRS 160.
Transferable to CSU: No
Transferable to UC: No
Grading Method: Standard Letter

Catalog Course Description

Basic knowledge of child development and guidelines for use in primary health care settings. 18 lecture hours.

Course Objectives

  • Integrate growth and development theory of the child into nursing practice in a health care setting.
  • Assess the infant, toddler, preschooler, school age and adolescent according to the theories of Erikson.
  • Discuss family development/relationships observed in health care settings using appropriate theories.
  • Describe physiological and psychological concepts of the child from birth through adolescence.

Major Course Content

  1. Overview of Growth and Development
    1. Developmental periods
    2. Concept of growth
    3. Growth patterns
    4. Concept of development
    5. Developmental patterns
    6. Theories of development
      1. Personality development: Erikson's theory
      2. Cognitive development: Piaget's theory
      3. Moral development: Kohlberg's theory
  2. Infancy
    1. Physiologic processes
    2. Psychologic processes
    3. Environmental processes
    4. Nursing interventions in infancy
  3. The Toddler Period
    1. Physiologic processes
    2. Psychologic processes
    3. Environmental processes
    4. Nursing interventions in toddlerhood
  4. The Preschool Period
    1. Physiologic processes
    2. Psychologic processes
    3. Environmental processes
    4. Nursing interventions for the pre-school aged child
  5. The School Ages Period
    1. Physiologic processes
    2. Psychologic processes
    3. Environmental processes
    4. Nursing interventions for the school-aged child
  6. Adolescence
    1. Physiologic processes
    2. Psychologic processes
    3. Environmental processes
    4. Nursing interventions in adolescence

Suggested Reading Other Than Required Textbook

Internet and journal articles as needed for latest information/research.

Examples of Required Writing Assignments

Write a 3-4 page group outline on a psychosocial topic. The focus will be on assigned class topics. Specific instructions will be provided in class.

Examples of Outside Assignments

Submit to professor a completed printout from one of the two available non-proctored Kaplan online tests prior to taking the final exam in class.

Instruction Type(s)

Lecture, Online Education Lecture