Kristin is a psychiatricmental health nurse who puts significant ...

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Kristin is a psychiatricmental health nurse who puts significant effort into understanding the often debilitating symptoms that her clients live with. One of the most effective ways of creating an understanding of mental illness is to:
 
  A) Create detailed and individualized nursing care plans that address physical as well as psychological issues
  B) Listen to clients thoughtfully and carefully when they describe their lived realities
  C) Systematically increase knowledge of the etiology and symptomatology of mental illness
  D) Present possible solutions to clients' problems at every available opportunity

Question 2

Sam has been a psychiatricmental health nurse for the past 3 years. While discussing the role of the nurse in this setting, you ask him why he chose to work in this area.
 
  Sam tells you that he likes working in the psychiatricmental health field because he feels as if he makes a valuable contribution to society when he interacts with the clients. What is Sam being motivated by?
  A) Altruism
  B) Duty
  C) Honor
  D) Responsibility

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
Effective mental health nurses must make a concerted effort to understand the kinds of challenges that their clients face. Creating care plans, increasing scientific knowledge, and presenting solutions are not likely to increase a nurse's understanding of client's personal experiences.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Feedback:
Many nurses who enter the psychiatric field frequently are motivated by a sense of altruismthat is, they are working from a desire to contribute something valuable to society.