A loss of freedom occurring as an individual accepts the responsibility of a first full-time job after completing school represents what kind of loss?
a. actual c. anticipated
b. maturational d. perceived
B
The change from one developmental stage to another creates a maturational loss (e.g., alterations in vision or hearing that begin to occur in middle adulthood). Situational loss occurs as a response to external events that are usually beyond the individual's control (e.g., the death of a close friend in an automobile accident).
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An older adult is sore from "doing too much in the yard yesterday." Which statement by the nurse best promotes healthy aging?
A) "It's time to start exercising and eating right." B) "Let's look at how we can improve your health so you can do more." C) "Of course you can't do as much as you did before, you need to pace yourself." D) "You need to act your age, and let others do that work."
The client has a nursing diagnosis of impaired gas exchange as a result of excessive secretions. An outcome for the client is that the airways will be free of secretions. A positive evaluation will focus upon the client's:
1. Respiratory rate 2. Complaint of chest pain 3. Lungs clear bilaterally on auscultation 4. Ability to perform incentive spirometry
Greenleaf includes in his definition of servant leadership
a. Being taken care of by the servant follower b. An emphasis on leaders first serving others c. The servant follower serving others first d. The servant follower serving the leader first
Malnutrition cannot develop in obese persons because they have additional fat stores
Indicate whether the statement is true or false