The population health nurse is caring for a client newly diagnosed wit

The population health nurse is caring for a client newly diagnosed with schizophrenia. The client asks if his son is at risk for the same health problem. On what should the nurse base a response to this client?

1. The client’s son does not have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia.
2. Schizophrenia skips a generation so the client’s son will not have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia.
3. The son has a 10% to 15% greater risk for developing schizophrenia.
4. Only the client’s daughters have a greater risk for developing schizophrenia.

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Answer: 3
Explanation: 3. Siblings of persons with schizophrenia have a 7% to 8% risk of developing the disease, and the risk increases to 10% to 15% of children whose parents have schizophrenia. Risk of disease also increases with the number of family members affected. The son does have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia. Schizophrenia does not skip a generation so the son does have a greater risk of developing schizophrenia. All children have a greater risk for developing schizophrenia.