Author Question: During the preparation phase of a therapeutic relationship with a client, what is the main task to ... (Read 31 times)

ericka1 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

During the preparation phase of a therapeutic relationship with a client, what is the main task to be completed by the nurse?

a. To establish with the client the purpose of the relationship
b. To gather and review all possible information regarding the client
c. To build trust with the client
d. To obtain agreement from the client to work in conjunction with the nurse

Question 2

In the early 1960s, a committee appointed by President John F. Kennedy recommended the development of a new approach to the way mental health care was administered, with an emphasis on the introduction of:

a. Psychotherapeutic drugs
b. State mental health care systems
c. Community mental health centers
d. Deinstitutionalizat ion of patients

leahchrapun · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
The main task during the preparation phase is to gather and review all possible information regarding the client; this can be accomplished by obtaining data from past and current medical records and from the client's significant others. The other options are tasks that occur during the orientation phase.

Answer to Question 2

C
The emergence of community mental health centers was necessary, in part because of the massive deinstitutionalizat ion of patients from state mental health care facilities after the introduction of psychotherapeutic drugs in the 1950s.