A community health nurse is planning adult health education classes. According to Erikson's stages of development, the nurse must address which task with this age group?
1. Industryversus inferiority
2. Identity versus role confusion
3. Intimacy versus isolation
4. Generativity versus stagnation
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Appropriate for the 6 to 12 year- old school age child.
Rationale 2: Appropriate for the adolescent 12 – 20 years old
Rationale 3: Appropriate for the 18-24 year old young adult.
Rationale 4: Adulthood, age 25 to 65 years, is characterized by the central task of generativity versus stagnation. Positive resolution is indicated by creativity, productivity, and concern for others. Negative resolution is characterized by self-indulgence, self-concern, and lack of interests and communication.
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