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Destiiny22 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

An older patient tells the nurse that she is becoming more forgetful. The nurse explains to the patient that this is most likely related to which of the following?

A) Anxiety
B) Organic brain syndrome
C) Plaques in the brain tissue
D) Medications

Question 2

A nurse is working with a married couple who have five children ranging in age from newborn to age 15 . Two of the children are from the husband's first marriage, and two are from the wife's first marriage. They have a baby from this marriage.

Which developmental theory can be applied in the nurse's understanding of this family? a. Duvall Family Development Theory
b. middle-class North American family life cycle
c. divorce and postdivorce family life cycle
d. remarried family life cycle

Joy Chen · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

D
When caring for a family with children from previous marriages, the nurse should apply the remarried family life cycle theory. Duvall's theory can be modified to address the task that these nontraditional families face.