The nurse is discouraged because the patient exhibiting negative symptoms of schizophrenia has shown no improvement with the planned interventions to reduce the symptoms.The mentor's remark that helps place the problem in perspective is:

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A complex disorder,such as schizophrenia,most likely has multiple contributing factors,including genetic predisposition,prenatal development,and the environment.Nurse frustration can be alleviated by helping the nurse realize that negative symptoms may be the result of actual brain dysfunction,rather than psychologically determined behaviors; thus the remaining options are not appropriate since they do not address the complexity of the problem.

The Nurse Is Discouraged Because the Patient Exhibiting Negative Symptoms