NURS 3130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: The Open Group, Smoking Cessation, Countertransference
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Group interventions are a key nursing strategy in mental health promotion and recovery. A group experience can help an individual enhance self-understanding, conquer unwanted thoughts and feelings, and learn new behaviors. The purpose of the group will dictate the amount of structure and types of activities. Because some group activities are social in nature (unit parties, community trips), it is easy to forget that socialization is a treatment intervention. Nurses should avoid meeting personal social needs within this context. In planning for a group, one of the early decisions is whether the group will be open or closed. In an open group, new members may join, and old members may leave the group at different sessions. Because length of patient hospitalization is relatively short, open groups are typical on inpatient units. For example, a newly admitted patient may join an anger management group that is part of an ongoing program in an inpatient unit.
