A client being discharged from the mental health clinic is fearful about not being able to keep up with therapy and treatments after leaving the clinic.
The nurse knows that to ensure client success after discharge, the client's behavioral contract should: 1. Support the client's family and friends.
2. Ensure client success.
3. Build and maintain treatments to help the community.
4. Address issues the client will face in community living.
Question 2
A nurse is taking a class on providing culturally competent care for clients with severe mental illnesses. Which response best reflects the nurse's self-awareness of the sociocultural factors influencing his or her beliefs?
1. When I was growing up, my parents believed that mental illnesses were the work of evil spirits.
2. All that I need to understand about the culture of mental illness is available on the Internet.
3. My father was a psychiatrist, so I am very knowledgeable about how to work with mental illnesses.
4. I have been through therapy, so I know what to expect from clients with mental illnesses.