Parents ask a nurse how they should reply when their child, diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, tells them that voices command him to harm others. Which is the appropriate nursing response?
1. "Tell him to stop discussing the voices."
2. "Ignore what he is saying, while attempting to discover the underlying cause."
3. "Focus on the feelings generated by the hallucinations and present reality."
4. "Present objective evidence that the voices are not real."
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Rationale: The most appropriate response by the nurse is to instruct the parents to focus on the feelings generated by the hallucinations and present reality. The parents should accept that their child is experiencing the hallucination but should not reinforce this unreal sensory perception.
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