Leah, an experienced mental health nurse, considers herself to be devoutly religious and attends church multiple times every week
While caring for a mental health client, she looks through his chart and notices that he belongs to a different religion. She believes that if he converts to her religion, many of his problems would be alleviated. During an interaction with the client, Leah brings up the subject of religion and discusses the process
A) Ethical because she has the best interest of her client in mind
B) Unethical because she is imposing her values on her client
C) Ethical because she is making her decision based on the importance of spirituality
D) Unethical because she found the information in the client's chart
of conversion. Leah's behavior is which of the following?
Ans: B
Feedback:
Intrusive and unethical practices include preaching, teaching, or otherwise attempting to persuade clients to the nurse's religious or spiritual viewpoint (Richards and Bergin, 2005). Such behavior clearly violates boundaries and roles and may harm vulnerable clients. Religious proselytizing is another clear boundary violation. Examples of proselytizing include giving clients literature from the nurses' spiritual tradition or denomination or teaching clients about religious beliefs when they have not requested such information or it is irrelevant to treatment goals.
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