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A nurse uses therapeutic communication techniques in order to
achieve desired client outcomes. Which communication technique is a
part of therapeutic communication?
-asking for explanations
-showing sympathy to the pt
-asking personal questions to the pt
-Providing relevant information to the pt
Ans: providing relevant information to the client
The nurse asks questions to an older client about past experiences and
listens attentively. Which therapeutic communication strategy is
involved when the older client is recalling the past?
-touch
-reminiscence
-reality orientation
-validation therapy
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Ans: reminiscence
A client who is experiencing acute alcohol withdrawal delirium appears
frightened, points toward the bed, and says, "Bugs are crawling all over
me and my bed!" What is the most therapeutic response by the nurse?
-"just try to brush them off"
-"I don't see any bugs on your or your bed"
-"They'll go away when you start feeling better"
-"The bugs that you see are just the design on the bedspread"
Ans: I don't see any bugs on you or your bed
The nurse is interviewing a client admitted for uncontrolled diabetes
after binging on alcohol for the past 2 weeks. The client states, "I am
worried about how I am going to pay my bills for my family while I am
hospitalized." Which statement by the nurse would best elicit
information from the client?
-"you are worried about paying your bills?"
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Therapeutic Communication Questions
and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
A nurse uses therapeutic communication techniques in order to
achieve desired client outcomes. Which communication technique is a
part of therapeutic communication?
-asking for explanations
-showing sympathy to the pt
-asking personal questions to the pt
-Providing relevant information to the pt
Ans: providing relevant information to the client
The nurse asks questions to an older client about past experiences and
listens attentively. Which therapeutic communication strategy is
involved when the older client is recalling the past?
-touch
-reminiscence
-reality orientation
-validation therapy
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Ans: reminiscence
A client who is experiencing acute alcohol withdrawal delirium appears
frightened, points toward the bed, and says, "Bugs are crawling all over
me and my bed!" What is the most therapeutic response by the nurse?
-"just try to brush them off"
-"I don't see any bugs on your or your bed"
-"They'll go away when you start feeling better"
-"The bugs that you see are just the design on the bedspread"
Ans: I don't see any bugs on you or your bed
The nurse is interviewing a client admitted for uncontrolled diabetes
after binging on alcohol for the past 2 weeks. The client states, "I am
worried about how I am going to pay my bills for my family while I am
hospitalized." Which statement by the nurse would best elicit
information from the client?
-"you are worried about paying your bills?"
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