You are caring for a patient when another nurse assistant approaches you and wants you to come and see something. As you follow her, she gets to a patient room and starts to open the door without knocking. She then tells you a resident couple of the facility is being intimate. She is snickering and says,"I didn't think it was possible at their age." What do you do?

You are caring for a patient when another nurse assistant approaches you and wants you to come and see something. As you follow her, she gets to a patient room and starts to open the door without knocking. She then tells you a resident couple of the facility is being intimate. She is snickering and says,"I didn't think it was possible at their age." What do you do?

Essentials Of Human Development

1st Edition

ISBN:9781285647357

Author:Kail

Publisher:Kail

Chapter10: Becoming An Adult: Physical, Cognitive, And Personality Development In Young Adulthood

Section10.2: Physical Development And Health

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