A nurse is working with a young adult who has a history of severe anxiety. This client tells the nurse that he uses cannabis to calm down. In your state, cannabis is illegal, even for medical use.
The nurse judges that this law is against the interest of the client and advises the client to continue to self-medicate. In so doing, the nurse is: a. at risk of being judged guilty of unethical behavior
b. being unconditionally supportive of the client
c. supporting the ethical principle of nonmaleficence
d. within the parameters of scope of practice for the profession
Question 2
A couple arrives at a mental health clinic because the wife is concerned about some of her husband's behavior.
She relates to the nurse, I have found him several times looking across the courtyard with binoculars and snooping on neighbors while they were having sex. I don't understand, because he never wants to have sex with me. The nurse's assessment would MOST likely reveal which sexual disorder? a. homosexuality
b. transvestism
c. voyeurism
d. fetishism