A Staff Nurse Tells a Peer, "I Find It Difficult

question 28

Multiple Choice

A staff nurse tells a peer, "I find it difficult to deal with patients who have personality disorders.They can control their behavior, whereas patients with depression truly need my services." What is the peer's most helpful response?

• A) "Even though it's bothering you, the patients seem to like you."
• B) "Our clinical nurse specialist is a good resource to help you explore those feelings."
• C) "Fortunately, managed care has reduced inpatient services for people with personality disorders."
• D) "Your comment tells me you have personal problems.Maybe psychiatric nursing is not the best practice arena for you."

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Definitions:

Theory Of Reasoned Action

A psychological model asserting that an individual's intention to engage in a behavior is a primary determinant of that action, influenced by attitudes towards the behavior and subjective norms.

Predict A Person's Behaviour

The process of forecasting an individual's actions based on observations, patterns, or knowledge about their past behavior or predispositions.

Fishbein

Refers to the Fishbein model, a theory of attitude formation and change, named after psychologist Martin Fishbein.

Self-Perception Theory

Bem’s idea that we gain knowledge of ourselves only by making self-attributions; for example, we infer our own attitudes from our own behaviour.