Multiple Choice
A patient diagnosed with borderline personality disorder has self-inflicted wrist lacerations. The health care provider prescribes daily dressing changes. The nurse performing this care should do which of the following?
A) Maintain a stern and authoritarian affect
B) Provide care in a matter-of-fact manner
C) Encourage the patient to express anger
D) Be very rigid and challenging
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