The nurse is assisting a client in setting goals as a strategy to reinforce strengths. What intervention should the nurse employ?
1. Encourage the client to set attainable goals, even if small.
2. Help the client choose a significant goal, even if it is time consuming.
3. Devise a set of goals from which the client can pick.
4. Advise the client to avoid goals that will require too much effort.
Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: When attempting to reinforce client strengths, it is important to help the client set attainable goals, even if the goals are small at first.
Rationale 2: If the goal is too long range, the client may lose sight of the goal before it is attained.
Rationale 3: Devising goals should be a team effort between the client, significant others, and the nurse.
Rationale 4: The goal should not be so effortless that it is not important to the client.
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