An APRN-PMH has begun working with a man, a woman, and their son in the role of a family consultant. An important part of the nurse's role as a family consultant is to do what?
A) Acknowledge and show respect for what the family has experienced.
B) Identify enabling behaviors in family members and suggest solutions.
C) Address the issue of communication deviance when it becomes evident.
D) Subtly work through the family's codependency issues.
Ans: A
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Respect is an indispensable component of effective communication. To be respectful means to recognize the expertise that family caregivers have acquired through experience and to assume until proved otherwise that they are doing the best they can and have the best interests of their relatives at heart. The concepts of enabling and codependency translate into adding insult to injury. Family members are especially affronted when these labels are used stereotypically, without taking time to get to know the people involved.
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