The nurse suggests that a patient start a journal. How should the nurse explain the difference between journaling and life stories?
A) Life stories are factual reports. Journals are limited to the search for insights.
B) Life stories are the reminiscences of the elderly. Journals are the diaries of the young.
C) Journaling examines activities and thoughts in the present. Life stories are accounts from the past.
D) Life stories are fictional accounts loosely based on real life. Journals are accurate, factual accounts.
C
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Journals differ from life stories in that they record current activities and thoughts rather than past ones. Journals do not search for insights and are not diaries of the young.
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