The nurse is caring for a pregnant client. The client's husband has come to the prenatal visit. Which question is the best for the nurse to use to assess the father's adaptation to the pregnancy?
1. What kind of work do you do?
2. What furniture have you gotten for the baby?
3. How moody has your wife been lately?
4. How are you feeling about becoming a father?
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Rationale:
1. What kind of work the husband does is not an indicator of his adaptation to the pregnancy.
2. What furniture has been obtained is not an indicator of the father's adaptation to the pregnancy.
3. The husband's perceptions of his wife's moodiness are not an indicator of the father's adaptation to the pregnancy.
4. A husband's adaptation to pregnancy includes his feelings about impending fatherhood.
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