A 34-year-old client with residual schizophrenia frequently displays ambivalence. The community mental health nurse suggests that a realistic short-term outcome for this client problem is that cli-ent will:
1. Decide his or her own daily schedule
2. Refuse to attend activities
3. Choose which clinic staff member to work with
4. Choose between two outfits to wear each morning
ANS: 4
An early step would be to make choices about nonthreatening matters when presented with lim-ited alternatives. 1. This involves many choices. 2. Negativity is one way ambivalence is mani-fested, so this would not indicate improvement. 3. This represents a choice of huge importance, rather than being a simple matter.
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