The visiting nurse is talking to the wife of a client. She reports experiencing sleep difficulties recently. The nurse identifies the client's wife as developing:
1. Caregiver burden.
2. Self-esteem reaction to stress.
3. Depression.
4. Displacement.
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Rationale: Family members who undertake the care of a person in the home for a long period develop long-term stress called caregiver burden, with responses such as chronic fatigue, sleep difficulties, and high blood pressure.
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