Parents Ask a Nurse How They Should Reply When Their

question 17

Multiple Choice

Parents ask a nurse how they should reply when their child,diagnosed with schizophrenia,tells them that voices command him to harm others.Which is the appropriate nursing reply?

• A) "Tell him to stop discussing the voices."
• B) "Ignore what he is saying, while attempting to discover the underlying cause."
• C) "Focus on the feelings generated by the hallucinations and present reality."
• D) "Present objective evidence that the voices are not real."

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