A Nurse Is Teaching a Class on Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a class on psychiatric-mental health nursing. She asks her class to identify the most challenging part of this practice. What response would let her know that a student understands the difficulties in providing psychiatric-mental health nursing?

A) "The most difficult part is making correct diagnoses."
B) "The most difficult part is providing advocacy."
C) "The most difficult part is development of the therapeutic relationship and the corresponding therapeutic use of self."
D) "The most difficult part is involving the patient in treatment planning."