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Identifying developmental stages and transitions
Maintaining health and wellness and self-care measures
Monitoring growth and development
Performing the necessary health and physical assessment techniques based on
age
Providing client and family education
Respecting health care beliefs and preferences

Psychosocial Integrity

Assessing for abuse and neglect
Considering grief and loss issues and end-of-life care
Identifying coping mechanisms
Identifying cultural, religious, and spiritual practices and beliefs of the client
and appropriate support systems
Identifying loss of quantity and quality of relationships with the older client
Monitoring for adjustment to potential deterioration in physical and mental
health and well-being in the older client
Monitoring for changes and adjustment in role function in the older client
(threat to independent functioning)
Monitoring for sensory and perceptual alterations
Providing resources for the client and family

Physiological Integrity

Administering medication safely and teaching the client about prescribed
medications
Identifying practices or restrictions related to procedures and treatments
Monitoring for alterations in body systems and the related risks associated with
the client’s age
Providing basic care and comfort needs
Providing interventions compatible with the client’s age; cultural, spiritual,
religious, and health care beliefs; education level; and language

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