Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion
Elaine U. Polan, Daphne R. Taylor · 7th Edition · F.A. Davis Company
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion (7th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 18 chapters.
Overview
Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion (7th Edition) by Polan and Taylor is a staple in nursing and allied-health growth-and-development courses, walking students through human development from the prenatal period all the way through death and dying. This study guide is built to follow it stage by stage, in the same order your instructor teaches, so you can review the high-yield material that actually shows up on exams without re-reading every chapter. You get the developmental milestones for each life stage from infancy and toddlerhood through adolescence, early, middle, and late adulthood, plus the supporting concepts the course leans on: healthy lifestyles, culture, the family, communication, and the major theories of growth and development. It is an independent, aligned study companion, not the textbook itself and not a reproduction of it. Use it to consolidate Erikson, Piaget, and the other developmental frameworks, lock in age-specific health promotion, and walk into your midterm and final knowing the patterns examiners test.
Aligned with undergraduate nursing and allied-health growth-and-development and lifespan courses; the review reinforces the developmental theory and age-specific health promotion tested on course midterms and finals.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Theories of growth and development
- Erikson and Piaget stages
- Prenatal period to one year
- Toddlerhood development
- Preschool and school age
- Puberty and adolescence
- Early and middle adulthood
- Late adulthood and aging
- Death and dying
- Family and culture
- Communication in care
- Health promotion across the lifespan
- Healthy lifestyles
Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 18 chapters of Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion (7th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
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Does this match the 7th edition of Polan and Taylor?
Yes. It is organized to follow the 7th edition's chapter sequence, from healthy lifestyles and developmental theory through each life stage to death and dying, so it lines up with how your course moves through the book.
Is this the textbook or a copy of it?
Neither. It is an independent study guide that summarizes and reinforces the same topics. You should still have access to the textbook and your lecture notes for full detail.
Will it help me with the developmental theory questions?
Yes. It emphasizes the growth-and-development theories and stage-specific milestones that exams lean on most, so you can quickly review who said what and which behaviors belong to which age.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 7th Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
What if it is not what I expected?
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Journey Across the Life Span: Human Development and Health Promotion (7th Edition) by Elaine U. Polan, Daphne R. Taylor. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by F.A. Davis Company or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.