A nurse has become the focus of projective identification by the patient. The greatest risk to the nurse-patient relationship is that the nurse will become:
a. afraid to be alone with the patient.
b. prejudicial and biased against the patient.
c. overly strict and inflexible regarding patient expectations.
d. unable to effectively place limits on the patient's behaviors.
D
When a patient idealizes the nurse, the nurse tends to lose objectivity and move toward being overinvolved, overprotective, and indulgent.
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