When including a 12-step program in a client's plan of care, the nurse can expect that stress
mediators will include (more than one answer may be correct)
A. social support.
B. spiritual support.
C. professional therapy.
D. health-sustaining habits.
ANS:
A, B, D
Rationale: A 12-step program is a self-help program. Professional therapists do not provide the
therapy; members do. Twelve-step programs provide social support in meetings and the sponsor
program; spiritual support, as evidenced in the 12 steps; and health-sustaining habits such as
abstinence from substances of abuse, pacing one's activities, and getting enough sleep. The 12-step
programs rely on self-help principles rather than professional therapists.
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