The nurse manager referred a discharged staff member to counseling. Counseling helps to improve an employee's mental health and thus:
a. Enables the employee to relive the experience
b. Increases emotional tension
c. Promotes appropriate behavior
d. Enhances dependence on the counselor
ANS: C
Counseling provides an opportunity to give advice, offer reassurance, improve communication, facilitate the release of emotional tension, help the individual clarify thinking, and reorient the individual to appropriate behavior.
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