An Older Patient with Congestive Heart Failure Talks with Adult

question 13

Multiple Choice

An older patient with congestive heart failure talks with adult children about the future and what they should focus on to take care of their family home once she passes away. What should the nurse realize that this conversation indicates?

• A) The patient has financial difficulty.
• B) The adult children are unemployed.
• C) The adult children still live at home.
• D) The patient has achieved gerotranscendence.

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