If nurses who are drawn to professional practice in psychiatric settings do not fully address their subconscious motivations, they may:
a. block out maladaptive inner drives that would otherwise undermine them
b. be better able to maintain professional demeanor with psychiatric clients
c. succumb to older, less-desirable behavior patterns learned in childhood
d. not be able to successfully engage in countertransference
C
Nurses who do not fully address their subconscious motivations to participate in professional practice, they may succumb to older, less-desirable behavior patterns learned in childhood. For example, if a nurse has a pattern of putting others' requirements ahead of his or her own needs, the nurse may act in a codependent fashion, enabling him- or herself to be abused.
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