In Response to the Situation in Question 15,you Approach the Unit

question 26

Multiple Choice

In response to the situation in Question 15,you approach the unit manager to apprise her of your concerns that the family dynamics of the patient involved may lead to staff-family and patient-family conflicts.You suggest that the physician may need to discuss the treatment plan with the family.The unit manager advises that he will arrange this discussion.If,after the meeting with family members,this is identified as a desired approach,you support the manager's decision.Your actions indicate that you are acting in what role?

• A) Leadership
• B) Management
• C) Follower
• D) Evidence-based

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Definitions:

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient says whatever comes to mind without censorship as a way to uncover unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Reality

The state of things as they actually exist, outside of individual perceptions or interpretations.

Ego

The largely conscious, “executive” part of personality that, according to Freud, mediates among the demands of the id, the superego, and reality. The ego operates on the reality principle, satisfying the id’s desires in ways that will realistically bring pleasure rather than pain.

Oedipus Complex

According to Freud, a boy’s sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father.