Which statement is an example of the effect of aging, illness, or ...

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Which statement is an example of the effect of aging, illness, or trauma on self-concept?
 
  A) Society values the wisdom of aging
  B) Society devalues aging and chronic illness
  C) Few people take a healthy body for granted
  D) Most people accept the inevitability of illness

Question 2

During an assessment of a client's self-esteem, a man age 45 years tells the nurse that he lost his job due to downsizing and has been unemployed for six months. What would be the appropriate response from the nurse?
 
  A) You shouldn't feel bad about losing a job; it happens to everyone.
  B) Do you need your job to support a family?
  C) How has losing your job affected your life and the lives of your significant others?
  D) There are more important things in life to worry about other than losing a job.

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Many people take a healthy body for granted. Society encourages a denial of the eventuality of aging and chronic illness. Society emphasizes and rewards youth, health, and physical attractiveness while devaluing aging, chronic illness, and less-than-perfect physical attractiveness.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
Life stressors or crises (e.g., marriage, divorce, acute or chronic illness, an exam, a new job or job loss, a gray hair, a fire) might call forth a personal response and mobilize an individual's talents, resulting in good feelings about oneself. It also may result in emotional paralysis with diminished self-concept. People vary greatly in their perception of what constitutes a crisis or stressor, as well as the degree to which such experiences might disrupt or diminish self-concept. The nurse should investigate the client's feelings about losing his job by asking open-ended questions, and by not being judgmental or minimalizing the client's feelings.