Which should be the nursing instructor’s best response? A student nurse tells the instructor. “I’m concerned that when a client asks me for advice I won’t have a good solution.”
Remember. clients. not nurses. are responsible for their own choices and decisions.”
Giving advice tells the client what to do or how to behave. It implies that the nurse knows what is best and that the client is incapable of any self-direction. It discourages independent thinking.