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A nurse is admitting a new client on the mental health unit. During the conversation the nurse
should be aware that countertransference can occur if the nurse display what feeling?
Occurs when a health care team member displaces characteristics of people in her past
onto a client.
Behaviors:
ï‚· Nurse overly identifies with client
ï‚· Nurse competes with client
ï‚· Nurse argues with client
Example: a nurse may feel defensive and angry with a client for no apparent reason if the
client reminds her of a friend who often elicited those feelings.
Nursing implications: a nurse should be aware that clients who induce very strong
personal feelings may become objects of countertransference.
A client on the mental health unit is being discharge to a community base program referred to as
Assertive Community Treatment. (ACT) What should the nurse explain to the client about this
program?
ï‚· This includes nontraditional case management and treatment by an
interprofessional team for clients who have severe mental illness and are
noncompliant with traditional treatment.
ï‚· ACT helps to reduce reoccurrences of hospitalizations and provides crisis
intervention, assistance with independent living, and information regarding
resources for necessary support services.
What are the legal rights of a person admitted to an inpatient mental health facility?
ï‚· Informed consent and the right to refuse treatment
ï‚· Confidentiality
ï‚· A written plan of care/treatment that includes discharge follow-up, as well as
participation in the care plan and review of that plan
ï‚· Communication with people outside the mental health facility, including family
members, attorneys, and other health care professionals
ï‚· Provision of adequate interpretive services if needed
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