The nurse notes one of the members in a group therapy session is asking the other members for help with his problems but then appears to reject all the solutions that the members suggest. What is the best way the nurse will describe this patient?
1. Help-seeking protestor
2. Help-rejecting protestor
3. Help-rejecting complainer
4. Help-seeking manipulator
Answer: 3
Explanation: The help-rejecting complainer will request help from the group members and then reject the solutions they offer. This individual may take pride in the inability to solve his or her problems and may find comfort in keeping the group in conflict as a result of his or her own personal, conflicted feelings about dependency. The other answer choices are incorrect.
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