The novice nurse is learning how to use self as a therapeutic tool in nursing. When caring for a patient with mental illness, what is the best way the nurse can examine how the use of self assists in providing therapeutic care to individuals with mental i
1. Providing empathy
2. Providing sympathy
3. Learning the theories of human behavior
4. Learning the neurobiology of mental illness
Answer: 3
Explanation: By learning about human behavior, the nursing student will examine how the use of self assists nurses in providing therapeutic care to individuals with mental illness. Learning the neurobiology of mental illness and providing empathy are also important in the provision of nursing care; however, these tools do not directly influence the use self as a therapeutic tool. Providing sympathy is not as therapeutic as providing empathy to the patient. This is also not a way the nursing student can use self as a therapeutic tool.
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