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2510 Current Issues in Human Growth and Development- Template
TITLE PAGE – According to APA 7th Addition
Purpose:
This assignment aims to integrate current events/issues and critically review your topic through a growth and development lens. You are to create a paper assignment for this course. In this assignment, choose a topic related to current issues, challenges, or trends in human development. You will explore recent research to critically analyze and discuss the implications of the chosen topic on individual development. In the paper, integrate the class lecture information on empirical and research literature to demonstrate your ability to analyze and synthesize scholarly literature. Finally, explain a strategy/assessment an informed nurse might integrate into practice to address the topic.
Please include points (in complete sentences) on each of the following:
Introduction
1. What is the topic you are planning on writing about? Ex. Attachment related to COVID-19, technology and social media impact, mental health challenges among children and their influence on development.
2. You must choose one of the following life stages: Infant, Early Childhood, Middle Childhood,
Example, Early childhood, ages 2-6 years old.
3. Why is this topic important/significant to you? Ex. I chose this topic because I experienced it in my life.
4. Thesis statement – what is your going to be about, what will you discuss in your paper?
Body of the Paper
1. Discuss key aspects of expected or normal development in the three developmental domains of your chosen life stage (physical, cognitive, and psychosocial).
2. Follow with the impact of your topic and how it creates abnormal or altered development in the three domains (physical, cognitive, and psychosocial).
3. Be sure to include the concepts of sleep and sexuality.
4. Apply one human development theory introduced in class to your topic/age group.
5. One SMART Strategy and/or assessment a nurse can integrate into practice. Ensure strategy is relevant, possible, and focused on the topic and developmental stage.
i. S – SPECIFIC – Give a specific example of a strategy/assessment or tool you will attempt to implement. Why?
ii. M – MEASURABLE – How will you know if it worked? When would you evaluate it? How would you evaluate it? Explain.
iii. A – ATTAINABLE – Is it possible for a single nurse to create the change? Why and how? Explain.
iv. R – RELEVANT – Will this be a long-term or short-term solution? Explain.
v. T – TIMELY – When would you implement this strategy or assessment? Why?
Conclusion
1. Include a conclusion summarizing your paper.
References
Include 3-5 references in your outline. The textbook MUST be one of your references. When using online sources, ensure they are credible. References must be published within the past ten years.
Format
Write a 5-page (double-spaced, 1” border) for this assignment. You must include a title page and reference page (page limit excludes title page and reference pages). The paper should include headings, subheadings, and a description of what the reader can expect from each section. The title page reference page and in-text citations should follow APA formatting. You should have an APA manual, and questions related to APA need to be reviewed in the manual or website https://apastyle.apa.org/
Topic
Introduce the topic and age group and explain how this topic is relevant.
Aspects of Expected or Normal Development
Describe the normal development of your chosen life stage, focusing on relevant aspects of your chosen topic in the following domains.
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Psychosocial Development
Altered/Abnormal Development
Describe your chosen life stage's abnormal/altered development, focusing on relevant aspects to your chosen topic in the following domains.
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
Psychosocial Development
Human Development Theory
Choose the human development theory relevant to your topic and explain in brief how this theory applies to your topic.
These theories can be any of the following:
5 Groups of Theories:
Biological and Evolutionary Theories - Genetic Natural Selection
- Nature vs NurturePsychoanalytic Theories (3 families within) –
Psychoanalytic Theories
Sigmund Freud - Psychosexual Theory
Erik Erickson’s – Psychosocial Theory
Humanistic Theory
Abraham Maslow – Hierarchy of Needs
Learning Theories –
Behavioural Theories
- Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning
- Skinner’s Operant Conditioning
Cognitive Theories –
Jean Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory
Information Processing Theory
Vygotskys Socio-Cultural Theory
Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
Systems Theories - Bronfenbrenner’s Systems Theory
Nursing Intervention
Choose on nursing one nursing intervention which is SMART, as it applies to your topic.
Nursing interventions are actions a nurse takes to implement their patient care plan, including any treatments, procedures, or teaching moments intended to improve the patient's comfort and health.
References
REFERENCES – According to APA 7th edition
So, this example for our textbook would be if you use a PDF version with no page number.
Boyd, D., Johnson, P., & Bee, H. (2021). Cognitive Development in Infancy: subtitle if applicable. In D. Boyd et al., Lifespan Development 7th Canadian Edition (Learning objective 5.1). Pearson Canada.
