A client, a 67-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother, has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. The family members have been unable to communicate about the diagnosis and often sit at the client's bedside in complete silence. Using the affective domain, what should be the nurse's primary goal for this family?

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A.This is incorrect. Providing information, such as the treatment plan and prognosis, is in the cognitive domain. This is not the priority at this time.
B.This is incorrect. Providing resources for obtaining information is in the cognitive domain and is not the priority at this time.
C.This is incorrect. Sharing caregiving is a means of encouraging respite and is in the behavioral domain. This is not a priority at this time.
D.This is correct. Helping family members to listen to each other's concerns and feelings will elicit family support and is in the affective domain.

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