Mental Health NCLEX Qs EXAM WITH NGN QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
A client with a diagnosis of major depression who has attempted suicide says to the
nurse, "I should have died. I've always been a failure. Nothing ever goes right for me."
Which response demonstrates therapeutic communication?
1.) "You have everything to live for"
2.) "Why do you see yourself as a failure?"
3.) "Feeling like this is all part of being depressed"
4.) "You've been feeling like a failure for a while?" - ✔️✔️- 4.) "youve been been feeling
like a failure for a while?"
Use of restating is an effective therapeutic communication technique for responding to
the feelings of the patient.
When the community health nurse visits a client at home, the client states, "I haven't
slept at all the last couple of nights." Which response by the nurse illustrates a
therapeutic communication response to this client?
1.) "I see"
2.) "Really?"
3.) "You're having difficulty sleeping?"
4.) "Sometimes, I have trouble sleeping too" - ✔️✔️- 3.) "You're having difficulty
sleeping?"
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
A client with a diagnosis of major depression who has attempted suicide says to the
nurse, "I should have died. I've always been a failure. Nothing ever goes right for me."
Which response demonstrates therapeutic communication?
1.) "You have everything to live for"
2.) "Why do you see yourself as a failure?"
3.) "Feeling like this is all part of being depressed"
4.) "You've been feeling like a failure for a while?" - ✔️✔️- 4.) "youve been been feeling
like a failure for a while?"
Use of restating is an effective therapeutic communication technique for responding to
the feelings of the patient.
When the community health nurse visits a client at home, the client states, "I haven't
slept at all the last couple of nights." Which response by the nurse illustrates a
therapeutic communication response to this client?
1.) "I see"
2.) "Really?"
3.) "You're having difficulty sleeping?"
4.) "Sometimes, I have trouble sleeping too" - ✔️✔️- 3.) "You're having difficulty
sleeping?"
