As a patient with mental illness is discharged from a facility, ...

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As a patient with mental illness is discharged from a facility, the nurse invites the patient to the annual staff holiday party. Select the best analysis of this scenario.
 
  a. The invitation facilitates dependency on the nurse.
  b. The nurse's action blurs the boundaries of the therapeutic relationship.
  c. The invitation is therapeutic for the patient's diversional activity deficit.
  d. The nurse's action assists the patient's integration into community living.

Question 2

The group most able to accept their losses and grow from their experiences is
 
  1. adults.
  2. toddlers.
  3. adolescents.
  4. school-aged children.

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Answer to Question 1

B
The invitation creates a social rather than therapeutic relationship. It may or may not increase dependency on the nurse.

Answer to Question 2

1
Adults who have experienced loss learn to accept their losses and learn from their experi-ences.

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