A psychiatric–mental health nurse is attending a seminar. The speaker discusses how certain psychiatric diagnoses are associated with stereotypes. Which of the following actions ensures that the client's social identity is not discredited?
1. Refer to a client as delusional and psychotic.
2. Refer to a client as a schizophrenic.
3. Refer to a client as a paranoid.
4. Refer to a client as X who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
4
Rationale: There are many negative stereotypes attached to the diagnostic label of schizophrenia. It is essential that clients not be referred to by their disease or in ways that discredit their social identity.
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