The client tells the nurse that their spouse does not believe that medications are needed to improve depression. What nursing response would be most helpful in improving the client's medication adherence?
1. Suggest that the spouse's views are not important
2. Ask the client to consider marriage counseling
3. Tell the client to ignore the spouse
4. Include the spouse in medication teaching
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Rationale: Lack of support from significant others can contribute to medication nonadherence. Partnering with the family may help the family to be supportive. It is difficult to ignore one's spouse, and there is no evidence that marriage counseling is needed at this point. Usually the views of one's significant others are important.
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