Trust is important in establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship. Maintaining the balance between appropriate involvement and professional separation is quite challenging
Which behaviors may indicate professional separation or underinvolvement? Select all that apply. a. Avoiding the child or his or her family
b. Revealing personal information
c. Calling in sick
d. Spending less time with a particular child
e. Asking to trade assignments
A, C, D, E
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Correct Whether nurses become too emotionally involved or find themselves at the
other end of the spectrum—being underinvolved—they lose effectiveness
as objective professional resources. These are all indications of the nurse
who is underinvolved in a child's care.
Incorrect Revealing personal information to a patient or his or her family is an
indication of overinvolvement.
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