A client relates that she has panic attacks and, during the attacks, rushes to the emergency department because she feels like she is dying
The nurse self-discloses that she has had panic attacks during which she also felt very fearful. How should this nurse's self-disclosure be best understood?
A) Self-disclosure can help normalize the client's experience.
B) Self-disclosure allows the client to see the nurse as a real human being.
C) Self-disclosure can help the client feel like a friend.
D) Self-disclosure should be detailed so the client does not feel unimportant or devalued.
Ans: A
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Nurses may use self-disclosure in the nurse–client relationship to comfort a client who is feeling frustrated and hopeless, enhance trust, decrease role distancing, facilitate the client's self-disclosure, convey support, or normalize the client's experience.
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