CHAPTER 5 THERAPEUTIC
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1. What is the most essential task for a nurse to accomplish prior
to forming a therapeutic relationship with a client?
1. Clarify personal attitudes, values, and beliefs.
2. Obtain thorough assessment data.
3. Determine the client's length of stay.
4. Establish personal goals for the interaction. - Answer: ANS: 1
Rationale: The most essential task for a nurse to accomplish
prior to forming a therapeutic relationship with a client is to
clarify personal attitudes, values, and beliefs. Understanding
one's own attitudes, values, and beliefs is called self-awareness.
2. If a client demonstrates transference toward a nurse, how
should the nurse respond?
1. Promote safety and immediately terminate the relationship
with the client.
, 2. Encourage the client to ignore these thoughts and feelings.
3. Immediately reassign the client to another staff member.
4. Help the client to clarify the meaning of the relationship,
based on the present situation. - Answer: ANS: 4
Rationale: The nurse should respond to a client's transference
by clarifying the meaning of the nurse-client relationship based
on the present situation. Transference occurs when the client
unconsciously displaces feelings about a person from the past
toward the nurse. The nurse should assist the client in
separating the past from the present.
3. What should be the priority nursing action during the
orientation (introductory) phase of the nurse-client
relationship?
1. Acknowledge the client's actions and generate alternative
behaviors.
2. Establish rapport and develop treatment goals.
3. Attempt to find alternative placement.
4. Explore how thoughts and feelings about this client may
adversely impact nursing care. - Answer: ANS: 2
Rationale: The priority nursing action during the orientation
phase of the nurse-client relationship should be to establish
rapport and develop treatment goals. Rapport implies feelings
on the part of both the nurse and the client, based on respect,
RELATIONSHIP LATEST UPDATE
VERIFIED QUESTIONS & DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS GRADED A+
Professional Academic Assistance Services
1. What is the most essential task for a nurse to accomplish prior
to forming a therapeutic relationship with a client?
1. Clarify personal attitudes, values, and beliefs.
2. Obtain thorough assessment data.
3. Determine the client's length of stay.
4. Establish personal goals for the interaction. - Answer: ANS: 1
Rationale: The most essential task for a nurse to accomplish
prior to forming a therapeutic relationship with a client is to
clarify personal attitudes, values, and beliefs. Understanding
one's own attitudes, values, and beliefs is called self-awareness.
2. If a client demonstrates transference toward a nurse, how
should the nurse respond?
1. Promote safety and immediately terminate the relationship
with the client.
, 2. Encourage the client to ignore these thoughts and feelings.
3. Immediately reassign the client to another staff member.
4. Help the client to clarify the meaning of the relationship,
based on the present situation. - Answer: ANS: 4
Rationale: The nurse should respond to a client's transference
by clarifying the meaning of the nurse-client relationship based
on the present situation. Transference occurs when the client
unconsciously displaces feelings about a person from the past
toward the nurse. The nurse should assist the client in
separating the past from the present.
3. What should be the priority nursing action during the
orientation (introductory) phase of the nurse-client
relationship?
1. Acknowledge the client's actions and generate alternative
behaviors.
2. Establish rapport and develop treatment goals.
3. Attempt to find alternative placement.
4. Explore how thoughts and feelings about this client may
adversely impact nursing care. - Answer: ANS: 2
Rationale: The priority nursing action during the orientation
phase of the nurse-client relationship should be to establish
rapport and develop treatment goals. Rapport implies feelings
on the part of both the nurse and the client, based on respect,
