The nurse is teaching a 16-year-old patient
who has a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes about blood glucose monitoring and the importance of regulating glucose intake. When developing a teaching plan for this teenager, which of Erikson's stages of development should the nurse con-sider?
a. Trust versus mistrust
b. Intimacy versus isolation
c. Industry versus inferiority
d. Identity versus role confusion
ANS: D
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