A nursing instructor is explaining to a group of nursing students that in addition to facing the stigma associated with being mentally ill, forensic clients who are mentally ill also experience the stigma associated with being a criminal
One of the students asks the instructor how the stigma associated with criminality might influence nursing care. Which response by the instructor would be most appropriate?
A) "Nurses may be reluctant to care for mentally ill criminals because of unrealistic fears for their own safety and that of their other clients."
B) "Nurses may prefer to care for forensic clients because they do not believe criminals can be mentally ill."
C) "An example would be volunteering to work only with forensic clients because of the belief that forensic clients experience only mild mental health problems."
D) "An example would be unfounded fear of what such clients might do after they are discharged from treatment."
A
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