The nurse spends time with friends, talking about situations and events that have occurred. What is the primary benefit that the nurse will gain from sharing personal life stories?
A) Increased ability to meet patients' psychosocial needs
B) Realization that others have experienced similar life difficulties
C) Awareness that others can be helped after tending to self-care needs first
D) Realization that changes need to be made to promote a healthful lifestyle
B
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As stories are shared, people begin to see that theirs are not the only lives that have been less than ideal, sprinkled with pain, or unfolding in unintended ways. Sharing life stories does not necessarily help with meeting patients' psychosocial needs. Sharing stories also does not make the nurse aware of tending to self-care needs first or the need to make changes to promote a healthful lifestyle.
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