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A medical assistant is talking with an older adult patient who expresses frustration about having
looked forward to retirement but now finding "too much time on my hands." Which of the
following is one of the developmental tasks for this patients age group?
a. serving the community
b. making good decisions
c. having a sense of self-worth
d. finding mutual self-respect ✔✔having a sense of self-worth
A medical assistant is talking with a young adult patient who says he has found a partner he
loves but cannot seem to make commitment to their relationship. The developmental crises this
patient is experiencing is which of the following?
a. ego integrity vs despair
b. intimacy vs isolation
c. generativity vs stagnation
d. identity vs role confusion ✔✔intimacy vs isolation
, A medical assistant is talking with the parents of a 1 year old infant about developmental
achievements and milestones to expect. According to the infants developmental stage, a lack of
achievement of the tasks of that stage can results in which of the following negative outcomes?
a. suspiciousness
b. anger with self
c. inadequacy
d. guilt ✔✔suspiciousness
A medical assistant is talking with a patient whose brother died of heart disease 1 month ago.
The patient tells the medical assistant that she blames herself because she should have persuaded
her brother to take better care of himself. The patient sis in which of the following of Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross's stages of grief?
a. denial
b. anger
c. bargaining
d. depression ✔✔depression