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clippers! · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A physically healthy, 35-year-old single client lives with parents who provide total financial support. According to Erikson's theory, which developmental task should a nurse assist the client to accomplish?

A. Establishing the ability to control emotional reactions
B. Establishing a strong sense of ethics and character structure
C. Establishing and maintaining self-esteem
D. Establishing a career, personal relationships, and societal connections

Question 2

A 10-year-old child wins the science fair competition and is chosen as a cheerleader for the basketball team. A nurse should recognize that this child is in the process of successfully accomplishing which stage of Erikson's developmental theory?

A. Industry versus inferiority
B. Identity versus role confusion
C. Intimacy versus isolation
D. Generativity versus stagnation

Jadwiga9 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
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.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The nurse should recognize that a 10-year-old child who is successful in school both academically and socially has successfully accomplished the industry versus inferiority developmental stage of Erikson's psychosocial theory. The industry versus inferiority stage of development usually occurs between 6 and 12 years of age, at which time individuals achieve a sense of self-confidence by learning, competing, performing successfully, and receiving recognition from others.