A Novice Mental Health Nurse Shares That,"I'll Never Get Used

question 27

Multiple Choice

A novice mental health nurse shares that,"I'll never get used to playing cards or other games with patients.It seems like a poor use of scarce nursing time." The best response for the nurse's mentor would be:

• A) "Perhaps you'll want to rethink your transfer to this unit if you're really uncomfortable."
• B) "Your comments make a point about scarce resources. I'll ask the treatment team to review our position on activities."
• C) "Activity co-leadership puts us in a position to help patients develop social skills and support them as they take small risks."
• D) "Managed care has cost us activities therapists. Activities are necessary to give patients something to do, so we have to fill in."

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