The situation in which the nurse's primary role can be assessed as advocacy is
a. treating the self-inflicted injuries of psychiatric clients.
b. providing preventive counseling regarding violence.
c. providing care to the family of a suicide victim.
d. participating in consumer mental health groups to destigmatize mental illness.
ANS: D
Destigmatization efforts are a form of advocacy. The other options are examples of the care provider
role. Option A provides secondary prevention. Option B offers primary prevention. Option C offers
tertiary prevention.
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