The nurse would evaluate that an adult who displays satisfaction in a life well lived is adapting to the need for:
1. Intimacy versus isolation
2. Integrity versus despair
3. Generativity versus stagnation
4. Identity versus role confusion
ANS: 2
One who adapts to the need for integrity will be comfortable with the accomplishments and dis-appointments of his or her life. 1. Intimacy requires the near fusion of one's identity with anoth-er. 3. This involves concern for establishing and guiding the next generation. 4. This involves the search for one's own beliefs, values, etc.
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