A 56-year-old woman who emigrated from Vietnam as an adult was admitted with a urinary tract infection, but has now developed urosepsis. The nurse is in the process of changing the patients plan of care accordingly. The nurse should consider what phenomenon that tends to occur in patients of all ages when they are ill?

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During illness, patients of all ages tend to regress, and the regression often involves language skills. The other tendencies do not apply in this case.

A 56-Year-Old Woman Who Emigrated from Vietnam as an Adult