An advanced practice psychiatric nurse is preparing to conduct a support group for psychiatric–mental health nurses who have been assaulted by clients. Which of the following would the nurse need to keep in mind with this group?
A) Nurses experience a conflict between the role of caregiver and victim.
B) Nurses who are victims often go on to prosecute the client attackers.
C) Nurses actively express the feelings associated with client assaults.
D) Nurses as victims of client assaults rarely experience guilt or shame.
Ans: A
Because of their role as caregivers, nurses may suppress the normal range of feelings after an assault, believing that it is wrong to experience strong feelings of anger and fear in this situation. This belief may relate to the conflict nurses experience in having to care for clients who have hurt them. The conflict is between one's professional role as a caregiver and one's own needs as an assault victim. Nurses seldom prosecute their attackers. Feelings of guilt and shame are common.
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