CNM Certified Nurse Midwife

Answer: C - The most appropriate intervention is to focus the client’s attention on the substance abuse problem. The nurse midwife should inform the client that she is accountable for all of her actions. Alcohol abuse requires the client to develop her own problem-solving skills. The nurse midwife should help the client to identify situations that precipitate angry feelings and to make her own plan of action to prevent anger. The nurse midwife should set limits on manipulative behaviors.