The nurse working with older adults wonders why fewer of the aging patients seen in the clinic live with their adult children than in the past. What trend most likely explains this?
a. declining birth rate
b. mobility of families
c. rise of assisted living
d. healthier older adults
A
The birth rate has declined from 30.1 in 1910 to 13.8 in 2009. This trend explains why so few adult children are available to help support their aging parents. Mobility is another factor, but it is not as important as the birth rate.
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1. On the parents' waterbed 2. Swaddled in the infant swing 3. On his back 4. On his stomach
Which of the following is not a definition of critical thinking?
a. making sense of our world by carefully examining our thinking and the thinking of others in order to clarify and improve our understanding b. the understanding of argument, recognizing fallacies, and distinguishing premises from conclusions c. thinking about your thinking while you're thinking in order to make your thinking better d. purposeful, outcome-directed thinking based upon a body of non-scientific knowledge derived from research and other courses of evidence
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a. Introduce a sensory distraction, such as television b. Reassure him that this is normal phase that everyone experiences c. Listen and help him express his feelings about life and death d. Ask the doctor to order a psychiatric con-sult for possible depression