A nurse who has been working on an adolescent psychiatry unit is aware of the need to implement self-care measures. Nurses who work in a pediatric psychiatric–mental health facility should do which of the following?
A) Ensure that their professional life is a higher priority than their personal life.
B) Avoid addressing their own childhood issues in order to focus solely on the clients.
C) Minimize contact with clients who have mental health disorders that the nurse finds disturbing.
D) Acknowledge and deal with issues that remind them of their own childhood and adolescence.
Ans: D
Feedback:
To care for themselves, nurses need to recognize and discuss their job-related stressors. They should acknowledge and deal with issues that remind them of their own childhood and adolescence. Equally important, they need to attend to their own physical and mental health. Proper nutrition, rest and sleep, exercise, health care, maturity, and balance in personal and professional lives maximize the energy available to work therapeutically with youth and their families. It would be unethical to minimize contact with certain clients.
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