A 45-year-old client says to the nurse, "Since I left my wife and children, I can hardly make ends meet between child support and trying to support myself. I don't know why I bother going to work when my wife and kids take just about everything I make." Which nursing statement would be therapeutic?
A. "I wonder why you left your wife and children."
B. "What would you expect your wife and children to do? They didn't leave you."
C. "You seem to be very angry about carrying out your responsibility to your children."
D. "Do you feel that child support is designed to help children, not punish spouses who leave?
Ans: D. "Do you feel that child support is designed to help children, not punish spouses who leave?
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