A physically healthy, 35-year-old, single client lives with parents, who provide total financial support. According to Erikson's theory, which developmental task should a nurse assist the client to accomplish?
1. Establishing the ability to control emotional reactions2. Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure3. Establishing and maintaining self-esteem 4. Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections
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Rationale: The nurse should assist the client in establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections. According to Erikson, nonachievement of the generativity versus stagnation stage results in self-absorption, including withdrawal from others and having no capacity for giving of the self to others.
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a. "Don't blow your nose for 1 week." b. "Eat only semi-solid foods." c. "Lean forward when eating." d. "Limit the amount of fluids you drink."
The nurse is preparing to assess the eyes of a 78-year-old client who has clinical depression. The nurse anticipates that a normal finding for this client would include:
A) Rigidity of irises. B) Increased pupil size. C) Myopia. D) Impaired adaptation to light.
The primary complications of amniocentesis are:
a. Damage to fetal organsb. Puncture of umbilical cordc. Maternal paind. Infection
A proposed change in a health care organization is controversial and will require cooperation from all parties involved. Which change strategy should the change agent use?
1. Empirical-rational 2. Normative-reeducative 3. Power-coercive 4. Empirical-reeducative