All of the following behaviors have been assessed by the nurse in a 52-year-old man. Which behavior is considered incongruent with middle-aged developmental tasks?
a. Refusal to work more than 50 hours a week
b. Refusal to give up time with his grand-children
c. Refusal to stop his semiweekly golf game
d. Refusal to make preparations for retire-ment
D
The developmental tasks of middle adulthood include preparation for retirement.
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A) Administration of bronchodilators by nebulizer B) Administration of inhaled corticosteroids by metered dose inhaler (MDI) C) Patient's consistent performance of deep breathing and coughing exercises D) Patient's active participation in the cardiac rehabilitation program
The nurse overhears a patient ask a family member to bring the Lourdes water to the hospital. The nurse recalls that this water is believed to cure which health problem?
A. Bodily ills B. Blindness C. Being bedridden D. Deafness
Ten minutes following administration of an antibiotic, the nurse assesses a patient to have edematous lips, hoarseness, and expiratory stridor
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Which description would be most characteristic of a self-actualized individual?
a. An economically disadvantaged older black man who regularly checks out books from the local library to read to neighbor-hood children b. A wealthy white older woman who is constantly searching for a better laxative c. A middle-class white man who was forced into an early retirement and is living in fear of being evicted from his apartment d. The older wife of a famous celebrity who travels the world but starves herself and seeks plastic surgery in her quest to fight the physical signs of aging