The nursing student taking care of a client in the mental health clinic learns through assessment that the client's wife insisted he admit himself into the clinic even though his wife is the one with a documented history of mental illness
The client states, "I just want her to be happy." The nursing student suspects that the client's relationship with his wife may be: 1. Enmeshed.
2. Disengaged.
3. Hostile.
4. Skewed.
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Rationale: Families in which one mate is severely dysfunctional are called skewed families. The other mate, who is usually aware of the dysfunction of the partner, assumes a passive, peace-making, submissive stance to preserve the relationship. The couple's relationship does not appear enmeshed, disengaged, or hostile.
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