Videbecks Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing Chapter 6 Therapeutic
Communication NCLEX Exam Questions
With Detailed Solutions
Which phone is acceptable distance between a speaker in the audience?
A. Intimate
B. personal
C. Public
D. Social - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Public zone - 12 25 feet
Nancy is the nurse caring for a young mother who states that she is unhappy with her
husband because he spends too much time with his friends during football season.
When Nancy Stacy she agrees with the client that she is "right" and her assumption that
her husband is inappropriately inattentive, which non-therapeutic communication
technique is this an example of?
A. Voicing doubt
B. summarizing
C. Giving approval
D. Silent - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Giving approval
Which communication technique involves giving encouragement to the client, enabling
continuance of the conversation?
, A. Focusing
B. excepting
C. General leads
D. Exploring - CORRECT ANSWER-C. General leads gives encouragement to continue
It is the nurses responsibility to establish a therapeutic relationship with the client.
Which of the following isn't excepting body position for therapeutic communication?
A. Legs crossed
B. hands of the side of the body
C. Lack of eye intact
D. Arms folded against The chest - CORRECT ANSWER-B. hands of the side of the
body
The nurse indicated interest in and acceptance of the client by all the following
behaviors except
A. Sitting behind a desk
B. slightly leaning towards the client
C. Maintaining a nonthreatening I contact
D. Facing the client - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Sitting behind a desk does not indicate
interest and acceptance
The nurses standing 4 feet away from the client with her arms crossed. At what space is
the therapeutic communication interaction most comfortable within most cultural
situations?
A. 12 to 25 feet
Nursing Chapter 6 Therapeutic
Communication NCLEX Exam Questions
With Detailed Solutions
Which phone is acceptable distance between a speaker in the audience?
A. Intimate
B. personal
C. Public
D. Social - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Public zone - 12 25 feet
Nancy is the nurse caring for a young mother who states that she is unhappy with her
husband because he spends too much time with his friends during football season.
When Nancy Stacy she agrees with the client that she is "right" and her assumption that
her husband is inappropriately inattentive, which non-therapeutic communication
technique is this an example of?
A. Voicing doubt
B. summarizing
C. Giving approval
D. Silent - CORRECT ANSWER-C. Giving approval
Which communication technique involves giving encouragement to the client, enabling
continuance of the conversation?
, A. Focusing
B. excepting
C. General leads
D. Exploring - CORRECT ANSWER-C. General leads gives encouragement to continue
It is the nurses responsibility to establish a therapeutic relationship with the client.
Which of the following isn't excepting body position for therapeutic communication?
A. Legs crossed
B. hands of the side of the body
C. Lack of eye intact
D. Arms folded against The chest - CORRECT ANSWER-B. hands of the side of the
body
The nurse indicated interest in and acceptance of the client by all the following
behaviors except
A. Sitting behind a desk
B. slightly leaning towards the client
C. Maintaining a nonthreatening I contact
D. Facing the client - CORRECT ANSWER-A. Sitting behind a desk does not indicate
interest and acceptance
The nurses standing 4 feet away from the client with her arms crossed. At what space is
the therapeutic communication interaction most comfortable within most cultural
situations?
A. 12 to 25 feet
