The Nurse Is Completing an Assessment on a Person Who

question 7

Multiple Choice

The nurse is completing an assessment on a person who reports his age as 23 years. Which question posed by the nurse would best assess Erikson's psychosocial development task for this person?

• A) 'How do you live out your spiritual beliefs?'
• B) 'What activities do you do to meet community and social responsibilities?'
• C) 'Have you begun a career that you feel committed to?'
• D) 'Are you able to view situations from a variety of viewpoints?'

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Definitions:

Prenatal Abnormalities

Irregularities or defects in a developing fetus identified before birth, which can be structural, functional, or genetic.

Neural-tube Defects

Neural-tube defects are birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord, occurring early in fetal development, often resulting from folate deficiency.

Cognitive Deficits

Impairments in mental processes such as thinking, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving.

Intellectual Disability

A term used to describe a range of developmental conditions characterized by limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.