The nurse caring for a postpartum client would consider the nursing diagnosis of ineffective coping when the client demonstrates which of the following behaviors?
1. Talking with friends and family on the phone
2. Cuddling the new infant
3. Reading material on care of a newborn
4. Lying in bed, lights dim, and refusing to spend time with the baby
4. Lying in bed, lights dim, and refusing to spend time with the baby
Rationale:
The postpartum client who is lying in bed in a darkened room and not wanting to spend time with the new baby is demonstrating signs of ineffective coping. The other behaviors would not indicate ineffective copying but rather effective coping and are incorrect.
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