The nurse is caring for a patient with mental illness. What should the nurse use to provide therapeutic care to individuals with mental illness?
1. Empathy
2. Sympathy
3. Theories of human behavior
4. Neurobiology of mental illness
3. Theories of human behavior
Explanation:
By using theories of human behavior, the nurse will use "self" when providing therapeutic care to individuals with mental illness. The neurobiology of mental illness and empathy are also important in the provision of nursing care; however, these tools do not directly influence the use self as a therapeutic tool. Sympathy is not as therapeutic as being empathetic. This is also not a way to use self as a therapeutic tool.
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