To assess the coping abilities of a first-time mother who expresses to the nurse that she is feeling overwhelmed by the needs of her newborn, the nurse should ask the client about her:
A) cognition and orientation.
B) interpretation of events.
C) nutritional patterns.
D) exercise patterns.

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An individual's subjective interpretation of an event must be known before interventions can be chosen. Knowing the nature of potential stressors provides the means of anticipating problems and their related psychological reactions. The extent of activation of physiologic responses and subsequent recovery to daily hassles is important to a person's health, because accumulated allostatic responses may adversely affect the body.

To Assess the Coping Abilities of a First-Time Mother Who