A Client Who Is in a Severely Abusive Relationship Is

question 9

Multiple Choice

A client who is in a severely abusive relationship is admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. The client fears for her life. A staff nurse asks, "Why doesn't she just leave him?" Which is the nursing supervisor's most appropriate response?

• A) "These clients don't know life any other way, and change is not an option until they have improved insight."
• B) "These clients have limited cognitive skills and few vocational abilities to be able to make it on their own."
• C) "These clients often have a lack of financial independence to support themselves and their children, and most have religious beliefs prohibiting divorce and separation."
• D) "These clients are paralyzed into inaction by a combination of physical threats and a sense of powerlessness."

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