The psychiatric-mental health nurse is receiving a report on a patient being transferred to the hospital from a local emergency department. What is important for the receiving nurse to remember during this pre-interaction with the patient?
1. Determine the patient's state of mind.
2. Suspend expectations about the patient.
3. Determine how the patient will present.
4. Suspend reflection about the patient's condition.
Answer: 2
Explanation: Obtaining report on a patient occurs during the pre-interaction phase of a nursing assessment. It is important for the receiving nurse to suspend expectations about the patient, as these expectations or perceptions may cause the nurse to prejudge the patient prior to the patient-nurse interaction. The nurse should always reflect on a patient's condition, as reflecting is used as a therapeutic tool in the nurse-patient relationship. The nurse will not determine the patient's state of mind or how the patient will present prior to meeting with the patient, as these actions prejudge the patient prior to the initial nurse-patient interaction.
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