{"id":62,"date":"2019-09-18T15:26:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/communicationnursing\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=62"},"modified":"2022-06-29T18:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:55:05","slug":"developmental-considerations","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/chapter\/developmental-considerations\/","title":{"raw":"Developmental Considerations","rendered":"Developmental Considerations"},"content":{"raw":"A person\u2019s age needs to be considered when conducting the client interview. Most importantly, you need to consider a client\u2019s <strong>developmental stage<\/strong>. Developmental stage does not always align with a client\u2019s chronological age. With regard to communication, a focus on developmental stage includes attention to areas such as language and cognitive and socio-emotional development. At times, you may need to modify your communication so that you are appropriately engaging with the client at a level they understand.\r\n\r\nThere are many ways to construct chronological age categories. Broadly, children are considered anyone under 18 and adults are considered anyone 18 and older. More specifically, you could consider the categories used in this resource:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Newborns and neonates: newborns are birth to a few hours old and neonate is up to 28 day.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Young children: clients who are 5 years and younger, including infants (28 days to 1 year), toddlers (1\u20132 years), and preschoolers (3\u20135 years).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Older children and adolescents: clients who are 6\u201317 years, including older children\/school-age children (6\u201312 years) and adolescents (13\u201317 years).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Adults and older adults: clients who are 18 years and older, including adults (18 years and older) and older adults (65 years and older).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nSee <strong>Film Clip 2.5 <\/strong>of an expert pediatric nurse speaking about how communication varies between children and adults.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[video width=\"640\" height=\"360\" mp4=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Interview-with-an-Expert-Pediatric-Registered-Nurse.mp4\"][\/video]\r\n\r\n<strong>Film Clip 2.5:<\/strong> Interview with an expert pediatric nurse.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe following sections provide tips on broad chronological age categories including young children, older children and adolescents, and adults including older adults.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>A person\u2019s age needs to be considered when conducting the client interview. Most importantly, you need to consider a client\u2019s <strong>developmental stage<\/strong>. Developmental stage does not always align with a client\u2019s chronological age. With regard to communication, a focus on developmental stage includes attention to areas such as language and cognitive and socio-emotional development. At times, you may need to modify your communication so that you are appropriately engaging with the client at a level they understand.<\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to construct chronological age categories. Broadly, children are considered anyone under 18 and adults are considered anyone 18 and older. More specifically, you could consider the categories used in this resource:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newborns and neonates: newborns are birth to a few hours old and neonate is up to 28 day.<\/li>\n<li>Young children: clients who are 5 years and younger, including infants (28 days to 1 year), toddlers (1\u20132 years), and preschoolers (3\u20135 years).<\/li>\n<li>Older children and adolescents: clients who are 6\u201317 years, including older children\/school-age children (6\u201312 years) and adolescents (13\u201317 years).<\/li>\n<li>Adults and older adults: clients who are 18 years and older, including adults (18 years and older) and older adults (65 years and older).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See <strong>Film Clip 2.5 <\/strong>of an expert pediatric nurse speaking about how communication varies between children and adults.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-62-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Interview-with-an-Expert-Pediatric-Registered-Nurse.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Interview-with-an-Expert-Pediatric-Registered-Nurse.mp4\">http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2020\/06\/Interview-with-an-Expert-Pediatric-Registered-Nurse.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><strong>Film Clip 2.5:<\/strong> Interview with an expert pediatric nurse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following sections provide tips on broad chronological age categories including young children, older children and adolescents, and adults including older adults.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"menu_order":12,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-62","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":38,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62\/revisions\/753"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/38"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/62\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/communicationnursing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}