The most effective way for a nurse working in psychiatric rehabilitation to gain firsthand knowledge about a community agency is to:
a. query patients who have used the services of the agency.
b. go to the agency with someone who is requesting services.
c. read the description in a community social services directory.
d. go to the agency pretending to be someone who needs services.
B
The best knowledge is that which is gained firsthand by observing how the agency responds to a patient in need of services. It would be unethical to pretend to be someone who is in need of services.
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