A Native American Client with Depression Wants to Talk to a Shaman

question 9

Multiple Choice

A Native American client with depression wants to talk to a shaman. Which nursing intervention is most appropriate?

• A) Try to locate a shaman who will agree to come to the mental health unit.
• B) Explain to the client that "voodoo" medicine will not heal the depression.
• C) Ask the client to explain what the shaman can do that the psychiatrist cannot.
• D) Inform the client that refusing treatment is a client's right.

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