An adult diagnosed with schizophrenia lives with elderly parents. The patient was recently hospitalized with acute psychosis. One parent is very anxious, and the other is ill because of the stress
Which nursing diagnosis is most applicable to this scenario?
a. Ineffective family coping related to parental role conflict
b. Caregiver role strain related to the stress of chronic illness
c. Impaired parenting related to patient's repeated hospitalizations
d. Interrupted family processes related to relapse of acute psychosis
ANS: B
Caregiver role strain refers to a caregiver's felt or exhibited difficulty in performing a family caregiver role. In this case, one parent exhibits stress-related illness and the other exhibits increased anxiety. The other nursing diagnoses are not substantiated by the information given and are incorrectly formatted [one nursing diagnosis should not be the etiology for another].
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