A male client was discharged from care several months ago after successful treatment for depression. Now, the client is back in the health care facility with severe depression, and all the former issues have returned
The nurse says to a coworker, "This is unbelievable; we're back at square one again. He should know better at this point." The nurse's comments reflect what?
A) Countertransference
B) A judgmental attitude
C) An acceptable level of frustration
D) Her underlying concern for the client
Ans: B
Feedback:
Judgmental attitudes and preconceptions deter the development of therapeutic relationships. Nurses must examine their own beliefs about mental illness, such as believing that mental illness is as real as any physical illness, suspecting that clients are overdramatizing their symptoms or using them as a crutch to avoid work and social responsibility, viewing mental illness as a sign of a weak character, or asking, "Why doesn't this person just snap out of it, put his or her problems in perspective, or focus on something else?"
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