A woman says, "I can't take anymore. Last year my husband had an affair, and now we do not communicate. Three months ago, I found a lump in my breast. Yesterday my daughter said she's quitting college and moving in with her boyfriend."
Which issue should the nurse focus on during crisis intervention?
a. The possible mastectomy
b. The disordered family communication
c. The effects of the husband's extramarital affair
d. Coping with the reaction to the daughter's events
ANS: D
The focus of crisis intervention is on the most recent problem: "the straw that broke the camel's back." The patient had coped with the breast lesion, the husband's infidelity, and the disordered communication. Disequilibrium occurred only with the introduction of the daughter leaving college and moving.
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