The nurse is planning care for a patient with dissociative disorder. What is the most appropriate initial nursing intervention to promote stress reduction and healthy coping in this patient?
1. Encourage the patient to increase contact with friends and family.
2. Disregard the patient's other personalities.
3. Help the patient create distance from family members who do not believe the patient is sick.
4. Determine patient's level of safety and encourage the patient to recognize triggers.
4. Determine patient's level of safety and encourage the patient to recognize triggers.
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