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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