A community health nurse is attempting to empower a family to become independent. Which action would be most appropriate?

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To help empower families, the community health nurse needs to emphasize the family's strengths. It is the nurse's job to recognize the strengths in families and to help families recognize them as well. Focusing on problem areas portrays a negative view and can undermine the nurse's efforts. Doing for the family what they cannot fosters dependency. Reinforcing positive traits may be appropriate if those positive traits are strengths. Not all positive traits are strengths.

A Community Health Nurse Is Attempting to Empower a Family