A new nurse is friendly and talkative and often tells her patients about her personal life as a way to make friends with them. The manager is counseling her because of recent complaints from these patients that she is unprofessional
Which statement by the manager best summarizes the problem?
a. "Be careful about sharing information; patients can use it against you."
b. "It is unprofessional to divulge any personal information to your patients."
c. "Personal disclosure can be helpful only if it is in the patient's best interest."
d. "You are not here to make friends with patients; you are a professional nurse."
C
Personal information can be shared with patients, but remember that the focus of all professional interactions is the patient; share only that which will be beneficial to the patient.
It might be unprofessional to divulge personal information with patients in some cases, but this is not the reason to be cautious about sharing personal information.
Selective sharing of personal information can help the nurse and patient bond and might give patients information that helps them resolve an issue.
Telling the nurse that he or she is not here to make friends is a very cold response and does not get to the heart of the problem.
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