Nurses need to understand the aging process in order to help their patients:
A) Live longer with their long-term disabilities
B) Maintain youth and delay the onset of old age
C) Accept the limitations imposed by genetic tendencies toward cellular degeneration
D) Postpone the negative consequences of the aging process
D
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The promotion of positive health practices increases the chances that an individual can delay or deter the impairments and declines that frequently accompany the aging process. Living long in a disabled state is not the most desirable objective. Maintaining youth is not an achievable goal. Accepting limitations is not necessary for many seniors and not life enhancing for many others.
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