As a Patient Diagnosed with a Mental Illness Is Being

question 22

Multiple Choice

As a patient diagnosed with a 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.

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Definitions:

Incidental Beneficiary

A party who indirectly benefits from a contract but has no legal right to enforce the agreement made between other parties.

Donee Beneficiary

A third party that benefits from a contract between two other parties, to whom the promisor's performance is a gift.

Promisee

The individual or entity to whom a promise is made and who stands to benefit from the fulfillment of that promise.

Creditor Beneficiary

An individual or entity that benefits from a contract made between two other parties because of a debt owed to them.