Parents Ask a Nurse How They Should Reply When Their

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Multiple Choice

Parents ask a nurse how they should reply when their child, diagnosed with paranoid 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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