The nurse is working with a client who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The nurse has suggested that the client volunteer in community activities with others who have a psychiatric diagnosis. How does this activity reinforce learning?
1. It teaches the client about their own diagnosis.
2. It allows the client to make social connections.
3. It allows the client to offer something to the community.
4. It allows the client to help another cope with problems similar to their own.
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Rationale: A benefit of volunteering comes from helping another cope with a problem similar to one's own. This is a feature of adult learning that reinforces learning. Most clients find that teaching others is an excellent way to incorporate meaningful information. This, along with contributing to someone else's recovery, is a powerful message that the client has succeeded to a certain degree on the road to recovery and has something to offer the community. Although the other options are true for a client who volunteers they do not reinforce learning.
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