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azncindy619 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse is presenting a community educational program focusing on the elderly and mental health protective factors. One of the participants asks what the influence of co-parenting one's grandchild is on the mental health of the grandparent.

The most appropriate answer for the nurse to make at this time would be:
A) The well-being of Latino grandmothers is greater when they co-parent their grandchildren.
B) There are no significant differences in well-being between those grandparents who co-parent and those who do not co-parent.
C) Caucasian grandmothers experience less well-being when they co-parent their grandchildren.
D) The perceived well-being of grandfathers who co-parent their grandchildren significantly changes in a positive direction.

Question 2

A couple resides in a long-term care facility. The husband is admitted to the psychiatric unit after physically abusing his wife. He states, My wife is having an affair with a young man, and I want it investigated.

Which is the appropriate nursing reply? A. Your wife is not having an affair. What makes you think that?
B. Why do you think that your wife is having an affair?
C. Your wife has told us that these thoughts have no basis in fact.
D. I understand that you are upset. Let's talk about it.

k2629 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

D
The most appropriate reply by the nurse is to empathize with the client regarding his emotional response and to encourage the client to talk about the situation. The nurse should remain nonjudgmental and help maintain orientation and aid in memory and recognition.