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The nurse is interviewing a family and observes tension between the two parents, and the child reports that the mother often involves her in deciding who is right. This observation is an example of

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Rationale: Triangulation occurs when a third party (the child) is drawn into a conflict between two others (the parents) to mediate or take sides.

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