An elderly couple has lived in the same home for the past 50 years. Now that they are no longer able to drive or take care of the home, they have moved into an adult retirement center in a near-by town
Changes in lifestyle such as this couple is experiencing should alert the nurse to the possibility of:
1. Adventitious crisis
2. Acute grief
3. Chronic sorrow
4. Traumatic grief
ANS: 2
Adjustment to life cycle transitions may initiate acute grief, so option 2 is correct. This could be a situational crisis but not adventitious crisis, so option 1 is incorrect. There are no indications that this will become chronic, so 3 is incorrect, and option 4 is incorrect since the loss is not of that magnitude.
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