A client newly admitted to the behavioral medicine unit with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder wants to continue watching TV in the community room when clients are supposed to be asleep in their rooms
The client says to the nurse, "This is my first night here. Can't you bend the rules just this one time?" The MOST therapeutic response by the nurse would be to say: a. "No, rules are rules."
b. "Let us spend a few minutes going over the rules of the unit."
c. "Yes, this one time only because this is your first night here."
d. "If it were up to me, it would be all right. I also like watching late-night TV."
B
The most therapeutic response by the nurse would be to review the unit rules with the client. The nurse should avoid taking a parental attitude reflected in saying, "No, rules are rules." The nurse should not allow to manipulate her or express personal interest in late-night TV. The issue is that the unit rules refer to all.
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