A nursing strategy that makes limit setting better accepted by clients with personality disorders is to
first
a. confront the client with the inappropriateness of the behavior.
b. explore with the client the underlying dynamics of the behavior.
c. reflect back to the client an understanding of the client's distress.
d. state a value judgment regarding the behavior and its consequences.
C
Setting limits is better accepted by clients if staff first use empathetic mirroring without making a
value judgment, which are suggested in options A and D. Option B has little to do with client
acceptance of limits.
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