A nurse says, I'm the only one who truly understands this ...

[Ebrown]

A nurse says, I'm the only one who truly understands this patient. Other staff members are too critical. The nurse's statement indicates:
 
  a. boundary blurring.
  b. sexual harassment.
  c. positive regard.
  d. advocacy.

Question 2

As a patient with mental illness is being discharged from a facility, a nurse invites the patient to the annual staff picnic. What is 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.

[chinwesucks]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
When the role of the nurse and the role of the patient shift, boundary blurring may arise. In this situation, the nurse is becoming overinvolved with the patient as a probable result of unrecognized countertransference . When boundary issues occur, the need for supervision exists. The situation does not describe sexual harassment. Data are not present to suggest positive regard or advocacy.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
The invitation creates a social relationship rather than a therapeutic relationship.

[Ebrown]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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