The "therapeutic use of self" can be defined in psychiatric nursing as:
a. using your personality to effect change in a patient
b. providing psychotherapy to the patient during care
c. meeting with the patient when you're off-duty to listen to their problems
d. accompanying the patient to counseling for moral support
A
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