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pragya sharda · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

In planning any health program for elderly adults, the nurse will implement Erikson's theory of task development. The nurse realizes that in this stage of life, the successful completion of the task allows the person to

1. have a feeling of satisfaction from past accomplishments.
2. make connections with the younger generation.
3. wish he or she could live life over again.
4. live out his or her last years in physical health.

Question 2

An older male client comes to the clinic and states to the nurse that he hasn't been interested in sexual intercourse lately. He states: I guess this is part of getting old, too.

What should the nurse explain about decreased sexual interest in older clients?
1. It does decrease and gradually disappears.
2. It should not be taken as seriously as it would be if the client were a younger person.
3. It is caused by decreased hormone activity and there is little that can be done about it.
4. It decreases but does not disappear.

TheDev123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: Erikson's task of this developmental stage is integrity versus despair. People who develop integrity accept their lives with a sense of wholeness and satisfaction with their past accomplishments.
Rationale 2: Making connections with the younger generation is part of the task of the middle-adult age group.
Rationale 3: People who despair often believe they made poor choices during life and wish they could live life over.
Rationale 4: Physical health is not part of psychosocial development.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Libido may decrease but not disappear.
Rationale 2: If an older man reports a loss in sexual interest, the nurse should be as concerned as when a younger man reports a loss of interest in sexual activity.
Rationale 3: Decrease in hormone secretion and activity is a normal aging process, but there may be treatment measures that can help if this is the case.
Rationale 4: The major age-related change in sexual response is timing. It takes longer to become sexually aroused, longer to complete intercourse, and longer before sexual arousal can occur again.