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The home care nurse has been visiting an adolescent with recently acquired tetraplegia. The teen's mother tells the nurse, "I'm sick of providing all the care while my husband does whatever he wants to, whenever he wants to do it." Which should be the initial action of the nurse?
A) Refer mother for counseling.
B) Listen and reflect mother's feelings.
C) Ask father, in private, why he does not help.
D) Suggest ways the mother can get her husband to help.
On May 20, 2024