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WhattoUnderstand · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

When conducting an admission interview, a mental health nurse asks a patient a series of questions related to personal beliefs. When the patient asks why these questions are being asked, how should the nurse respond?

a. These questions are routine and are a mandatory part of the admission process..
b. The prime reason is that these questions help the staff to identify any specific health care practices that would conflict with your religious beliefs..
c. Mental health can be affected by personal belief systems, so it is important that your treatment plan be developed to be compatible with your beliefs..
d. These questions are asked of every patient and are confidential, but if you are not comfortable answering them I will simply note that in your chart..

Question 2

As a nurse following the conceptual framework of Rogers, which of the following would be a particular focus of your care?

a. Across cultures, some health care practices are similar and some vary.
b. Human beings are irreducible, pandimensional energy fields.
c. Persons, influenced by conditioning, can act for themselves.
d. Nurses should understand the subjective experience of the client's world.

vboyd24 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
A person's belief system, worldview, religion, or spirituality can have a positive or negative effect on mental health. Belief systems play a vital role in determining whether a particular explanation and associated treatment plan will have meaning for the patient and others in the patient's social network. Declaring that something is routine/mandatory does not address the patient's question nor does ensuring confidentiality. Addressing religious beliefs is only a partial focus of the interview process.

Answer to Question 2

B
Martha Rogers viewed humans as irreducible, indivisible, pandimensional energy fields bearing recognizable patterns and are greater than the apparent sum of their physical parts. In Roger's view, humans are in constant interaction with the environment.