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cnetterville

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on: Jul 19, 2018
A family has been seen at the community mental health clinic for several weeks and continues to demonstrate abusive, violent behavior. The husband persists in physically and verbally abusing his wife and two children.
 
  The family's 10-year-old son has been suspended from school for fighting and destroying school property. An appropriate nursing diagnosis for this family is what?
 
  A) Compromised ineffective family coping related to inadequate comfort provided by primary support person
  B) Disabling ineffective family coping related to overt destructive behavior
  C) Altered family process related to father's unemployment
  D) Ineffective individual coping related to father's noncompliance

Question 2

Which of the following would indicate to the nursetherapist that a family is in the assessment stage of the initial interview according to Jay Haley?
 
  A) The family members remember the therapist's name.
  B) The family members express individual and family concerns.
  C) The therapist explores additional problems and concerns.
  D) The therapist synthesizes the information received.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
The family process not only is altered and ineffective but also could be diagnosed as disabling at this point. The father and his son both demonstrate disruptive and destructive behaviors.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
During the assessment stage of the interview, the family expresses its concerns, and individual members share their unique perspectives on the family problem.


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