School-Aged Child Development Case Study

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT
SCHOOL-AGED CHILD DEVELOPMENT CASE STUDY
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1NURSING ASSIGNMENT
Physical assessment among school-aged children differs depending on their
developmental stage, as depending on this, children perceive the assessment process and their
altered developmental needs are identified (Tyler, MacDonald & Menear, 2014). The assessment
will include general assessment aspects such as nutritional assessment, immunization history,
psychological history, current medication and pain history and family medical history however
depending on the age of the children alteration or modification will be done (Poitras et al., 2016).
Such as, for infants respiration rate will be assessed at first and then the apical heart rate, blood
pressure and body temperature will be assessed respectively. However, for children within 5 to
12 years of age, their speech, their communication with other children, their ability to walk
without support, their scholastic performance and their posture should also be included in the
assessment method (Tyler, MacDonald & Menear, 2014). Therefore, these are aspects which will
be modified as per the age and developmental needs of school-aged child.
John Parker (7) has been chosen for the physical assessment and through this assessment
his developmental needs will be addressed. His age falls under the ‘school-age developmental
stage’ and from the previous ‘pre-school developmental stage’, he had developed strong peer
connections, greater motor skills and in developing secondary sexual characteristics. He would
further be able to understand the concept of size, shape and distance and will develop queries and
curiosity about such concepts. By this age, John has developed the ability of understanding
complex instructions and he would be able to learn new words and remember then. His speech
will be clearer and he will be able to understand the story telling method to predict the ending of
it story. Besides all these, by this age, John will develop the ability to take part in two end
conversations and would be waiting for his turn to make his argument.