Ageneral psychotherapeutic management guideline nurses should apply when caring for all patients is to: a. strengthen patients' self-esteem. b. keep reality testing to a minimum. c. ignore hostile behavior when possible. d. provide unrestricted opportunities for self-expression.

Which of the following statements about culture and self-esteem is the most accurate? people from western cultures are more likely to say or do things to enhance other people's self-esteem (relative to people from asian cultures). the japanese praise each other for their achievements more often than americans do. people from asian cultures generally feel worse about themselves than people from western cultures. americans utter many more self-complimentary statements during conversations (relative to japanese individuals).