Question

A 68-year-old parent is the sole care provider for a 39-year-old child who has a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. The 39-year-old has been experiencing worsening of the illness over several years. The nurse should recognize that the parent is at risk for what?

Answer 1

Answer:

Compassion fatigue.

Explanation:

Bipolar disorder may be defined as the mental condition in which the individual suffers from high mood swings. The individual might feel depressed or happy at the same time.

The parent is treating the child that have bipolar disorder. But the parent is also at the risk of developing compassion fatigue. The compassion fatigue is the condition in which the individual suffers from the traumatic stress and loses the hope and motivation in life.

Thus, the answer is compassion fatigue.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is - compassion fatigue.

Explanation:

Compassion fatigue is stress condition which is also known as the secondary traumatic stress that is develop due to the less or no compassion over time. The compassion fatigue is develop in individual who has no one or live alone especially in older age.

In this case the old parent have high risk of developing compassion fatigue as he is only one taking care of his bipolar child so he might experience less love compassion over period of time.

Thus, the correct answer is - compassion fatigue.