A patient with borderline personality disorder approaches you and voices concern that she is being ignored and feels unimportant. The patient blames the nursing staff for these feelings because the nurses are "not paying attention" to her
Your best therapeutic response to this patient is:
A. "I will bring it up at our next meeting."
B. "It's all in your imagination."
C. "Tell me more about your feeling of 'being ignored.'"
D. "You need to share your feelings with the individual nurses you feel are ignoring you."
ANS: D
This response promotes the patient taking responsibility to follow through on her feelings. Response A takes the responsibility away from the patient. Response B ignores the patient's feelings. Response C is less effective with a borderline patient who may not understand her feelings.
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