Nursing interventions for the depressed person include which of the following staff attitudes?
A) Acceptance, honesty, empathy, and patience
B) Cheerfulness, gregariousness, and happiness
C) Decisiveness and business-like efficiency
D) Confrontation, questioning, and authority
Ans: A
When working with depressed individuals, it is most therapeutic to maintain an attitude of acceptance, honesty, empathy, and patience. Being too cheerful can convey a nongenuine approach. Being too business-like can convey the attitude of not having time to care for the client, and confrontation is not necessary under the condition of depression.
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