A physically healthy, 35-year-old single client lives with parents who provide total financial support. According to Eriksons theory, which developmental task should a nurse assist the client to accomplish?
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A
Establishing the ability to control emotional reactions
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B
Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure
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C
Establishing and maintaining self-esteem
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D
Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections
The best way to answer the question is Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections.
B. Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure
This might be chosen when the idea in “Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure” addresses a different mechanism or priority than the one emphasized by the stem The wording does not track the stem’s main cue, so selecting it would shift the nurse away from the most precise interpretation or priority.
C. Establishing and maintaining self-esteem
This might be chosen when the idea in “Establishing and maintaining self-esteem” addresses a different mechanism or priority than the one emphasized by the stem The wording does not track the stem’s main cue, so selecting it would shift the nurse away from the most precise interpretation or priority.
D. Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections
This is supported by the detail that 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. Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance Developmental theories help the nurse connect present coping and relationship patterns to age-expected tasks, which can inform realistic goals, communication style, and supportive interventions. From a nursing standpoint, this selection guides assessment and interventions toward what is most clinically meaningful in the moment—risk reduction, safety, accurate appraisal, and support for adaptive coping.
Conclusion
This item is decided by matching the stem’s primary cue to the correct clinical concept and selecting the response that stays within that lane. The other options either broaden the issue or introduce details not supported.