Question

A psychiatric-mental health nurse has entered a client's room, made an introduction, and asked if the nurse and the client could speak for a few minutes. the clients states, "yep. glad to talk." however, the nurse observes that the client is looking at the floor and the client's arms and legs are crossed. how should the nurse best interpret this situation?

Answer 1

The client may be reluctant to dialogue despite the statement to the contrary, hope this can help a bit :)