A nurse with a history of narcotic abuse was found unconscious in the hospital locker room after
overdosing. The nurse is transferred from the emergency department to the inpatient psychiatric unit.
Attitudes or behaviors on the part of nursing staff that may be assessed as enabling behaviors include
a. conveying understanding that pressures experienced in nursing underlie substance
use.
b. pointing out that work problems are the result, not the cause, of substance abuse.
c. empathizing when the nurse discusses fear of disciplinary action by the state
board.
d. providing health teaching about stress management.
A
Enabling denies the seriousness of the client's problem or supports the client as he or she shifts
responsibility from self to circumstances. The other options are therapeutic and appropriate.
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