Exam 2: Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship

A patient who is currently in an abusive marriage shares,"Some days I think it's just not worth it.I'd be better off if we separated." The nurse uses restating as a therapeutic communication technique when responding:

The nurse suspects that a client has a problem with the action dimension of immediacy when she states,"You can't tell people very much about yourself; it gives them too much power over you." The nurse responds:

During the working phase of the relationship,the nurse assesses that the patient may be demonstrating resistance.The most appropriate way to deal with this would be to:

Which strategy can the nursing student use to foster authenticity in therapeutic relationships with patients?

A patient reports seeing a "frightening" face on the wall of the dayroom.A nurse attempts to calm her by providing an explanation for the flawed perception of what she saw.The nurse would implement this strategy by stating:

A nurse's most appropriate initial action during the preinteraction phase of a relationship with a homosexual patient should be to:

When the nurse suggests the patient communicate to her employer how overwhelmed she is by the workload,the patient responds,"Yes but I'll get fired if I do that." According to transactional analysis theory,this is an example of a(n) _____ transaction.

The therapeutic communication technique of suggesting is appropriate to use when it: