Nurses Need to Provide Competent Care to Young and Middle

Nurses need to provide competent care to young and middle adult patients.Why must nurses be knowledgeable about developmental theories to care for this group?

A) These theories provide nurses with a basis for understanding the life events and developmental tasks of young and middle adults.
B) It is important to understand societal structures and roles because they have not changed in the past 20 or 30 years.
C) Patients present challenges to nurses, who themselves are often young or middle adults coping with the demands of their respective developmental period.
D) Nurses need to recognize the needs of their patients even if they are not experiencing the same challenges and events.