Exam 1: NUR208 / NUR 208 (Latest Update ) Mental Health Nursing | Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct - Fortis Question: Therapeutic communication occurs when Answer: With a plan and purpose Question: When does social communication occur Answer: Equal levels of intimacy,sharing, and the opportunity for spontaneity Question: How does therapeutic and social communication differ Answer: The focus is on the patients agenda, rather than on a give and take experience Question: What is the goal of the nurse when using therapeutic communication? Answer: To understand patients, ensure that patients understand the nurse, and teach more effective communication skills Question: Listening Answer: Therapeutic communication that requires careful concentration to guide the conversation toward a goal Question: As a nurse we must recognize communication barriers, including self -
awareness of their own limitations true or false Answer: True Question: What can cause interference with therapeutic communication? Answer: Fear, lack of knowledge, insecurity, not being genuine, and inappropriate response Question: What are examples of therapeutic listening? Answer: Being actively alert Hearing with all sense Using eye contact Exhibiting an attending posture Displaying an openness to receive information Offering empathy and support Asking questions Organizing, synthesizing, and interpreting information Validating emotional experiences Clarifying information Responding verbally and no verbally to encourage patients to continue Summarizing important points Question: What are therapeutic techniques in mental health Answer: Offering self, general leads, limit setting Question: Offering self Answer: Making oneself available on an unconditional basis, increasing client's feelings of self -worth Example: ill sit with you for a while Question: General leads Answer: Using neutral expressions to encourage patients to continue talking "Go on, I'm listening" " i hear what you are saying" Question: Limit setting Answer: discouraging nonproductive feelings and behaviors and encouraging productive ones "You're slipping into your aggressive tone again. Try it again" "That is a negative comment about yourself, tell me something positive about yourself"
awareness of their own limitations true or false Answer: True Question: What can cause interference with therapeutic communication? Answer: Fear, lack of knowledge, insecurity, not being genuine, and inappropriate response Question: What are examples of therapeutic listening? Answer: Being actively alert Hearing with all sense Using eye contact Exhibiting an attending posture Displaying an openness to receive information Offering empathy and support Asking questions Organizing, synthesizing, and interpreting information Validating emotional experiences Clarifying information Responding verbally and no verbally to encourage patients to continue Summarizing important points Question: What are therapeutic techniques in mental health Answer: Offering self, general leads, limit setting Question: Offering self Answer: Making oneself available on an unconditional basis, increasing client's feelings of self -worth Example: ill sit with you for a while Question: General leads Answer: Using neutral expressions to encourage patients to continue talking "Go on, I'm listening" " i hear what you are saying" Question: Limit setting Answer: discouraging nonproductive feelings and behaviors and encouraging productive ones "You're slipping into your aggressive tone again. Try it again" "That is a negative comment about yourself, tell me something positive about yourself"
