The nurse is learning how different nursing theorists developed philosophies on the concept of self. Which theorist will be emulated when the nurse reflects on the revolving self and evaluating the suffering of a patient with mental illness?
1. Hildegard Peplau
2. Martha Rogers
3. Ida Jean Orlando
4. Patricia Benner
2. Martha Rogers
Explanation:
Martha Rogers stated that the student of psychiatric nursing will reflect on an endlessly evolving self. This evolution will occur while the nurse is participating in a therapeutic interpersonal relationship with the patient who lives with a psychiatric illness. Hildegard Peplau introduced the idea of the concept of self as a "tool." Ida Jean Orlando stated that the nurse uses self as a reaction of perceptions, thoughts, and feelings in response to the patient's behavior. Patricia Benner also discussed nurse's using self as a tool to care for patients with mental illness.
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