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?
A. Establishing the ability to control emotional reactions
B. Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure
C. Establishing and maintaining self-esteem
D. Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections
ANS: D
The nurse should assist the client in establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections. According to Erikson, nonachievement in 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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