The parent of an adolescent diagnosed with mental illness asks the nurse, Why do you want to do a family assessment? My teenager is the patient, not the rest of us. Select the nurse's best response.
a. Family dysfunction might have caused the mental illness.
b. Family members provide more accurate information than the patient.
c. Family assessment is part of the protocol for care of all patients with mental illness.
d. Every family member's perception of events is different and adds to the total picture.
Question 2
An adult diagnosed with schizophrenia lives with elderly parents. The patient was recently hospitalized with acute psychosis. One parent is very anxious, and the other is ill because of the stress.
Which nursing diagnosis is most applicable to this scenario?
a. Ineffective family coping related to parental role conflict
b. Caregiver role strain related to the stress of chronic illness
c. Impaired parenting related to patient's repeated hospitalizations
d. Interrupted family processes related to relapse of acute psychosis
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