A patient being admitted to a partial hospitalization program (PHP) wants to make sure the patient is accepted by the people in the program. Which response should the nurse make?
1. "People will like you if you follow all the rules and come every day."
2. "The program usually works best if you can focus on what you need, not on how others feel. Can you tell me some things you would like to see happen here?
3. "People sometimes avoid people who are depressed. Getting your symptoms under control and learning how to make friends is the best way to get people to like you."
4. "Getting people to like you is not an appropriate goal. You need to work on understanding how to set goals and then on what you have to do in order to accomplish them."
2. "The program usually works best if you can focus on what you need, not on how others feel. Can you tell me some things you would like to see happen here?
Explanation:
In community mental health, the nurse is not there to do things for the person, but rather to find out what the individual would like to accomplish and establish a collaborative plan. The overall goal of the PHP is to promote patients to make decisions about their own treatment and rehabilitation plans. Telling the patient what to do or how to act does not engage them in their treatment plan. Criticism is not a therapeutic form of communication.
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