Nursing Diagnoses in Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans and Psychotropic Medications

Indicating Requesting Techniquepowernationence of an external an expla-the exist-source of RationaleAsking the client to Attributing the source of Explanation/implies that the client must defend his or her behavior or feelings.personally.provide the reasons for thoughts, feelings, behavior, and events. Asking “why” a client did something or feels a certain way can be very intimidating, and thoughts, feelings, and behavior to others or to outside infling the responsibility This encourages the client to project blame for his or her thoughts or behaviors on others rather than accept- uences. APPENDIX E Better to say: Examples“Why do you think “Why did you do “What makes you “What made you do “What made you so Better to say: “Why do you feel this way?”angry when your that?”your wife.”“Describe what you were feeling “You became say that?”happened.”that?”that?”angry last night?”brother insulted just before that ●^567
2 2506_Appendix_E_557-569.indd 567 506 _AppendixE 557 - 569 .inBelittling ddexpressedfeelings 567 When the nurse mis-others are or have been in similar situations.judges the degree of the client’s discomfort, no relief to hear that ing discomfort, it is When one is experienc-cant or unimportant. understanding may be client to feel insignifiof it.” This causes the “perk up” or “snap out may tell the client to conveyed. The nurse a lack of empathy and - Better to say: Cl: “I have nothing Ns: “Everybody set. Tell me what gets down in the I feel that way my-self sometimes.”were dead.”to live for. I wish I you are feeling dumps at times. must be very up-right now.”Continued“You 1 10/1/10 9:30:31 AM 0 / 1 / 10 9 : 30 : 31 AM