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A New Nurse Is Completing an Assessment on an 80-Year-Old

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A new nurse is completing an assessment on an 80-year-old patient who is alert and oriented. The patient's daughter is present in the room. Which action by the nurse will require follow-up by the charge nurse?


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Self-Schema

Cognitive structures that represent one's beliefs and feelings about oneself, guiding the processing of self-related information.

Narcissistic

Pertaining to narcissism, which is characterized by an excessive interest in or admiration of oneself and one's physical appearance.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory during which the focus of the libido is on the genital area.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that child development occurs through a series of stages focused on different pleasure areas of the body.

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