The home health nurse is visiting a family who is having difficulty coping. The family has a 2-month-old malnourished child whom they are feeding diluted formula along with rice cereal. The parents of the child are unemployed and are unable to pay their monthly expenses. The father of the child complains of not being able to find a job, while the mother of the child accuses him of not even trying to find employment. Which of the following techniques would be most helpful for the nurse to use in this situation?

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Interventive questioning is a nursing intervention that nurses can use with their patient families to identify family strengths; help family members sort out their personal fears, concerns, and challenges in health care situations; and provide a vehicle for exploring alternative options. Interventive questioning can be either linear or circular. Encouraging the family's current coping style is not useful because it clearly has detrimental effects, including a malnourished child.

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