PPN102 TEST WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026
Week 1 -correct answer
What is person-centered therapeutic relationships: -correct answer- critical to healing
and satisfaction
- categorized as "therapeutic alliance" and linked to helping people achieve health goals
- begins with expectation people will take active participation in self-managing health
- time limited
- regardless of time spent PPC should be meaningful
Importance of person-centered therapeutic relationships: -correct answer- all
relationships work better when participants active
- respect each other as equal partners
- strengths everything between nurse/client
- helps you resolve conflicts, reorganize your values and approaches to life, and
teaches you to interpret your thoughts and feelings
What is relational practice: -correct answer- Respectful and reflective approach to
inquire into patients lived experiences and health care needs
- It is a skilled action of respectful, compassionate and authenticated interested inquiry
into another's and ones experience
Importance of relational practice: -correct answer- allows nurses to develop a deeper
understanding of patient suffering
Components of the Model of Person Centeredness (PCC): -correct answer- PPC
relationship considers each patient as person first and foremost with distinctive
personally held values, beliefs and life goals
- each relationship represents unique encounter (interaction that is supportive for one
person may no be considered supportive for another)
- nurses support self management skills + problem solving + help build confidence in
managing own health
- caring represents core foundational value
, Differences between social and therapeutic relationships: -correct answer- social
relationships are established and maintained to meet mutual need/friendship
- therapeutic relationships are established for professional health relation purposes
within a specific time setting
--> focus is alway patient health concern and are subject to ethical/legal standards
Relationship between social media and therapeutic relationships: -correct answerthey
both establish and maintain something and work to have a good relationship with a
person
Discuss Peplau's four phases of the therapeutic relationship: -correct answer1) Pre-
interaction
2) Orientation
3) Working phase
4) Termination
Pre-interaction -correct answer- Reviewing a patient's chart or report; affords greater
interpersonal sensitivity prior to meeting; allows you to reflect and review your
professional goal and potential biases
Orientation -correct answer- Developing conversational ease with your patient and the
trust needed to deepen communication
Working phase -correct answer- Working together to help your patient discover
solutions that fit best and engage them in determining and implementing activities to
meet therapeutic goals
Termination -correct answer- Evaluating together the patients responses to treatment
and what goals have been achieved; reviewing instructions and newly developed skills
Identify the components of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship, as described by the
CNO -correct answer- 5 components; professional intimacy, power, empathy, respect
and trust
- 4 standard statements describe what a nurse is accountable for in the TNCR:
Therapeutic communication, patient centered care, maintaining boundaries, and
protecting the client from abuse
How nurses maintain professional boundaries within the therapeutic nurse-client
relationship: -correct answer- through: self-reflection. establishing and following a
comprehensive plan of care. meeting personal needs
Week 2 -correct answer
Describe the meaning of the "therapeutic use of self" -correct answer- Nurses uses of
"self" in caring for "the whole person" through optimal connection in a therapeutic
relationship
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025/2026
Week 1 -correct answer
What is person-centered therapeutic relationships: -correct answer- critical to healing
and satisfaction
- categorized as "therapeutic alliance" and linked to helping people achieve health goals
- begins with expectation people will take active participation in self-managing health
- time limited
- regardless of time spent PPC should be meaningful
Importance of person-centered therapeutic relationships: -correct answer- all
relationships work better when participants active
- respect each other as equal partners
- strengths everything between nurse/client
- helps you resolve conflicts, reorganize your values and approaches to life, and
teaches you to interpret your thoughts and feelings
What is relational practice: -correct answer- Respectful and reflective approach to
inquire into patients lived experiences and health care needs
- It is a skilled action of respectful, compassionate and authenticated interested inquiry
into another's and ones experience
Importance of relational practice: -correct answer- allows nurses to develop a deeper
understanding of patient suffering
Components of the Model of Person Centeredness (PCC): -correct answer- PPC
relationship considers each patient as person first and foremost with distinctive
personally held values, beliefs and life goals
- each relationship represents unique encounter (interaction that is supportive for one
person may no be considered supportive for another)
- nurses support self management skills + problem solving + help build confidence in
managing own health
- caring represents core foundational value
, Differences between social and therapeutic relationships: -correct answer- social
relationships are established and maintained to meet mutual need/friendship
- therapeutic relationships are established for professional health relation purposes
within a specific time setting
--> focus is alway patient health concern and are subject to ethical/legal standards
Relationship between social media and therapeutic relationships: -correct answerthey
both establish and maintain something and work to have a good relationship with a
person
Discuss Peplau's four phases of the therapeutic relationship: -correct answer1) Pre-
interaction
2) Orientation
3) Working phase
4) Termination
Pre-interaction -correct answer- Reviewing a patient's chart or report; affords greater
interpersonal sensitivity prior to meeting; allows you to reflect and review your
professional goal and potential biases
Orientation -correct answer- Developing conversational ease with your patient and the
trust needed to deepen communication
Working phase -correct answer- Working together to help your patient discover
solutions that fit best and engage them in determining and implementing activities to
meet therapeutic goals
Termination -correct answer- Evaluating together the patients responses to treatment
and what goals have been achieved; reviewing instructions and newly developed skills
Identify the components of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship, as described by the
CNO -correct answer- 5 components; professional intimacy, power, empathy, respect
and trust
- 4 standard statements describe what a nurse is accountable for in the TNCR:
Therapeutic communication, patient centered care, maintaining boundaries, and
protecting the client from abuse
How nurses maintain professional boundaries within the therapeutic nurse-client
relationship: -correct answer- through: self-reflection. establishing and following a
comprehensive plan of care. meeting personal needs
Week 2 -correct answer
Describe the meaning of the "therapeutic use of self" -correct answer- Nurses uses of
"self" in caring for "the whole person" through optimal connection in a therapeutic
relationship
