Lability is described as a rapid change in emotions. True or False

Choice A rationale: This is inappropriate since it does not address the client’s feelings about his/her children and may make the client feel that their feelings are not important and have been disregarded.
Choice B rationale: this is inappropriate since the client’s family issues will be exposed if they talk about them in a room full of other patients hence this will potentially increase his distress.
Choice C rationale: taking the client to a private room respects their right to privacy and dignity. Furthermore, it is a form of empathy and would encourage the client to open up with ease to the nurse.
Choice D rationale: asking the client why he is crying sounds judgmental and accusatory hence this may prevent the client from opening up to the nurse concerning his children.

Choice A rationale: Transference involves the client projecting feelings or attitudes onto the healthcare provider and can affect the therapeutic relationship.
Choice B rationale: Environmental problems are external issues arising from the individual’s physical and social setting such as interruptions and noise and can affect the therapeutic environment, not the nurse's emotional responses.
Choice C rationale: Resistance refers to the situation where the client consciously or unconsciously opposes or is reluctant to engage in therapeutic interventions and hinders treatment progress and outcomes.
Choice D rationale: Countertransference occurs when the healthcare provider projects their feelings and emotions, experiences, or unresolved issues onto the client. The nurse's overprotective feelings interfere with the objectivity and effectiveness of the therapeutic relationship.