Author Question: To best reinforce the democratic form of self-government in a milieu unit: A) Clients should be ... (Read 85 times)

abarnes · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

To best reinforce the democratic form of self-government in a milieu unit:

A) Clients should be allowed to set forth the type of punishment for a peer who violates the rules.
B) Clients should choose whether to attend daily community meetings.
C) Clients should participate in the decision making that affects management of the unit.
D) Professional staff should not attend community meetings.

Question 2

A female client in a psychiatric unit with borderline personality disorder is angry that the night-shift staff will not let her get a cup of coffee at 3 A.M.

She brings this up in a community meeting and develops a following of clients who demand access to the cafeteria at all hours. Which nursing action prevents the nursing staff from being split?
A) Allow the patients to decide how they want the milieu to operate.
B) Communicate thoroughly and effectively throughout the various shifts and maintain consistent rules.
C) Eliminate coffee from the unit.
D) Allow clients to have free access to the cafeteria at all times.