Which comment by the nurse would be most effective when using an empowerment model of intervention with an individual who has been abused?
a. "You have left your spouse many times only to return. Please tell me how you view this last time as being different from all the times you left before.".
b. "Last time we talked, you thought your children would miss their father, but you now think they seem happier and almost relieved by your separation.".
c. "So you're having doubts and want to return to your husband even though you know that he broke your arm and caused your miscarriage?"
d. "I support you returning to your spouse until you finally decide you have suffered enough.'"
B
The correct option is a therapeutic reflection that helps the patient to sort out the fears that many victims of abuse have that their children will suffer without the other parent present. Commenting on a patient's history is sarcastic and nontherapeutic since it likely reflects the nurse's bias against the battered individual's ambivalence rather than viewing it as a normal part of the process that individuals who have been abused experience.
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