PURPLE MONKEY
Nurse says “I had that surgery to. It was awful. I couldn’t sleep for days.”
Apporpriate or not?
Not appropriate. Focuses on the nurses negative experience.
TRUE OR FALSE
Maintaining boundaries helps prevent the power imbalance from negatively affecting the clients care.
True. It is the nurses responsibility to establish and maintain professional boundaries.
True or False?
True:
Professional Intimacy is a core component of staff client relationship?
True: Because nurses provide physical, psychological, spiritual, and social care, professional intimacy is inherent in the role.
Nurse says, ”I’ve been divorced to my ex, he was terrible.” Appropirate or not?
Not appropriate, to personal and irrelevant to the clients care.
These are examples of a behavior that violates the nurse client relationship and/or boundary
What is favortism, Physical contact, Frriendship, Socializing, Dating, Disclosure, Chastising
Staff can continue contact with client once discharged from program. Even if staff is no longer being paid because they are just being helpful
TRUE OR FALSE
False: Extending the relationship past the professional scope of employment blurs the boundaries. Once the professional therapeutic relationship has formally concluded, the staff must avoid providing ongoing, unofficial care to maintain proper professional limits
Empathy is an intuitive trait that cannot be taught or learned?
False - While some individuals are naturally more empathetic, sensitivity to others' feelings and learning to demonstrate empathy can be actively developed through nursing education
A nurse in mental health, discloses her past anxiety to reduce stigma. Later, the patient becomes dependent and keeps asking about the nurses experience. What should the nurse do?
Reestablish boundaries, remind the patient that the focus in their care and redirect discussion to the patient's coping strategies.
A client of yours has managed to find you onsocial media and sent you a friend request. You should confirm request or deny request?
What is deny request. Due to boundaries in the staff client relationship
TRUE OR FALSE
A staff can accept small, inexpensive gifts from a client as a token of gratitude?
False: Accepting personal gifts can blur the professional dynamic and lead to expectations of favortism.
Staff should immediately establish a personal relationship with a client once the therapeutic relationship has been terminated.
False - Staff are never to engage in a personal, romantic, or business relationship with a client, even immediately after the therapeutic relationship officially ends.
Self disclosure always improves trust?
TRUE OR FALSE
False, when used carefully and professionally.
True or false
Ensure the focus of the theraputic relationship is on the needs of the staff member and not the personal needs of the client
FALSE
Staff can advocate for a client by using personal funds to buy them essential groceries if the client is in a severe financial crisis.
True or false
False -
If a client asks a staff personal questions, the staff should share intimate details about their personal life to build rapport?
False -
Self-disclosure should be used very rarely, only when it directly benefits the client. The conversation must always remain focused on the client.
Self disclosure can be used to show empathy and build rapport?
TRUE OR FALSE
True, if it is relevant and limited.
True or False
Boundaries crossing may create role confusion, increase client vulnerability and lead to negative client outcomes?
TRUE - they can escalate when a staff actions exploit the relationship to meet their own personal needs
Sharing personal details about your family life or financial struggles is acceptable if it helps the client feel more comfortable and builds rapport.
True or False
False - The employee-client relationship is strictly therapeutic and one-sided. Sharing personal information shifts the focus from the client to the staff. It can place an emotional burden on the client and cross into an unprofessional, social relationship.
The client is considered the expert on their own life and should always be treated as an equal partner in their care
True - Client-centered care relies on respecting the client's values, preferences, and involving them in care planning.