The clinical nurse specialist meets with the interdisciplinary staff members planning care for a client
with borderline personality disorder hospitalized on a surgical unit after a suicide attempt.
The staff
members are seeking ways to prevent the client from manipulating and splitting staff. The clinical
specialist offers several suggestions for interventions. The clinical specialist is intervening by
providing
a. basic-level client interventions.
b. complementary interventions.
c. liaison consultation.
d. expanded advocacy.
ANS: C
This interaction with the surgical team is an example of liaison consultation activity on the part of
the clinical specialist. Option A: This intervention is beyond the basic-level interventions oriented to
the individual client, such as counseling, milieu therapy, and promotion of self-care activities.
Option B: Complementary interventions refer to alternative and complementary therapies such as
massage and the use of herbal preparations. Option D: No recognized intervention category of
expanded advocacy exists.
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