A 9-Year-Old Boy Has Several Physical Disabilities

question 18

Multiple Choice

A 9-year-old boy has several physical disabilities.His father explains to the nurse that his son concentrates on what he can,rather than cannot,do and is as independent as possible.The nurse's best interpretation of this is that the:

• A)father is experiencing denial.
• B)father is expressing his own views.
• C)child is using an adaptive coping style.
• D)child is using a maladaptive coping style.

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