The parents of a toddler-age child who sustained severe head trauma from falling out a second-story window are arguing in the pediatric intensive-care unit (PICU) and blaming each other for the child's accident
Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate for this family?
1. Parental Role Conflict Related to Protecting the Child
2. Hopelessness Related to the Child's Deteriorating Condition
3. Anxiety Related to the Critical-Care-Unit Environment
4. Family Coping: Compromised, Related to the Child's Critical Injury
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: The parents are displaying ineffective coping behaviors as a family. Parental role conflict does not refer to the parents' argument in the PICU, but means a parent is conflicted or confused about some aspect of the parental role. Each parent may be experiencing hopelessness, frustration, and anxiety, but they are not coping well as a family unit.
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