A family has recently lost all their belongings in a house fire and has been living in temporary housing. Although the parents were previously very supportive and able to help their young children with their homework in the evenings, they have been unable to do so under their present circumstances. Based on this information, which nursing diagnosis would be most appropriate for this family?

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A nursing diagnosis of interrupted family processes is most appropriate when a usually supportive family is experiencing stressful events that challenge its previously effective functioning. Nurses select compromised family coping when the primary supportive person is providing insufficient, ineffective, or compromised support, comfort, or assistance to the client in managing or mastering adaptive tasks related to the individual's health challenge. Ineffective family therapeutic regimen management would be appropriate if the family is experiencing difficulty integrating into daily living a program for the treatment of illness and the sequela of illness that meets specific health goals. Caregiver role strain is usually applied to individual family members, often in relation to providing care to a family member.

A Family Has Recently Lost All Their Belongings in a House