Which issues should a nurse address during the first interview with a patient with a psychiatric disorder?
a.Trust, congruence, attitudes, and boundaries
b.Goals, resistance, unconscious motivations, and diversion
c.Relationship parameters, the contract, confidentiality, and termination
d.Transference, counter transference, intimacy, and developing resources
Bethany, a
nurse on the psychiatric unit, has a past history of alcoholism. She has weekly clinical supervision meetings with her mentor, the director of the unit. Which statement by Bethany to her mentor would indicate the presence of countertransference?
A. "My patient, Miranda, is being discharged tomorrow. I provided discharge teaching and stressed the importance of calling the help line number should she become suicidal again."
B. "My patient, Laney, has been abusing alcohol. I told her that the
only way to recover was to go 'cold turkey' and to get away from her dysfunctional family and to do it now!"
C. "My patient, Jack, started drinking after 14 years of sobriety. We are focusing on his treatment plan of attending AA meetings five times a week after discharge."
D. "My patient, Gayle, is an elderly woman with depression. She calls me by her daughter's name because she says I remind her of her daughter."