| A | B |
| Infancy | 0 -12 months |
| Toddler | ages 1-3 |
| Preschool | ages 3-6 |
| School age | ages 6-12 |
| Puberty | Reproductive organs begin to function |
| Adolescence | ages 12-18 |
| Young Adulthood | age 18-40 |
| Middle adulthood | years 40-65 |
| Late Adulthood | ages 65 years and older |
| Holistic care | caring for the whole person including physical and psychosocial needs |
| Wellness | successfully balancing things that happen in our everyday life |
| Empathy | ability to share an experience and feelings with another |
| Maslow's hierarchy of needs | arrangement of needs in order of importance |
| Maslow's first and most important need he named | Physical need |
| Gay | person who has a desire for persons of the same sex |
| Heterosexual | person who has a desire for persons of the opposite sex |
| Homosexual | person who has a desire for ersons of the same sex |
| Lesbian | a woman whose sexual orientation is to women |
| Bisexual | a erson who desires persons of both sexes |
| Transsexual | One who wishes to be accepted by society as a member of the opposite sex. undergone a sex change |