The nurse is planning to use Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic approach with a client on his psychiatric unit. He will operate on which one of the following assumptions?
a. Thinking is logical.
b. Clients actively resist the process of repression.
c. Sexual energy comes from the ego.
d. All behavior has meaning.
D
The nurse following Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic approach with a client on a psychiatric unit will operate on the assumption that all behavior has meaning. The psychoanalytic approach focuses on uncovering unconscious memories and processes. Unconscious memories and processes stem from a childhood experience according to Freud. Experiences may have been good or bad. In either case they will affect an individual's future actions.
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