NR222 THE THERAPEUTIC
RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
What are the characteristics of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship? Select all that
apply.
1. Asking personal questions
2. Giving advice
3. Goal-directed
4. Boundaries
5. Sympathetic
6. Purposeful - ANSWER-3, 4, 6
Rearrange the stages of the therapeutic relationship into the correct order.
1. Mutual problem solving to accomplish therapeutic goals
2. Planning and starting the process before the purposeful interaction with the client
begins
3. Separating from the formal therapeutic relationship
4. Meeting, creating rapport, and establishing trust through honesty and empathy -
ANSWER-2, 4, 1, 3
n which phase of the therapeutic relationship, does the nurse encourage the client
through self-exploration and use therapeutic communication to facilitate successful
interactions?
1. Working
2. Preinteraction
3. Orientation
4. Termination - ANSWER-1
For each client-nurse interaction, click to specify if the nurse is displaying empathy or
not displaying empathy.
1. The nurse is caring for a client who is hospitalized on Thanksgiving Day. The client is
tearful and missing their family on the holiday. The nurse responds, "Why are you
crying? It's Thanksgiving Day!"
2. At the end of the shift, the nurse is caring for a client who has experienced stool
incontinence. The nurse frowns when they realize this will delay leaving on time.
3. The nurse is caring for a client who recently experienced the loss of a newborn baby.
The nurse sits at the bedside and holds the client's hand while the client quietly cries.
4. The nurse is caring for an injured client who is far from home with no support system.
The nurse arranges for transportation home and grocery delivery to relieve the client's
anxiety. - ANSWER-1. No
2. No
RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
What are the characteristics of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship? Select all that
apply.
1. Asking personal questions
2. Giving advice
3. Goal-directed
4. Boundaries
5. Sympathetic
6. Purposeful - ANSWER-3, 4, 6
Rearrange the stages of the therapeutic relationship into the correct order.
1. Mutual problem solving to accomplish therapeutic goals
2. Planning and starting the process before the purposeful interaction with the client
begins
3. Separating from the formal therapeutic relationship
4. Meeting, creating rapport, and establishing trust through honesty and empathy -
ANSWER-2, 4, 1, 3
n which phase of the therapeutic relationship, does the nurse encourage the client
through self-exploration and use therapeutic communication to facilitate successful
interactions?
1. Working
2. Preinteraction
3. Orientation
4. Termination - ANSWER-1
For each client-nurse interaction, click to specify if the nurse is displaying empathy or
not displaying empathy.
1. The nurse is caring for a client who is hospitalized on Thanksgiving Day. The client is
tearful and missing their family on the holiday. The nurse responds, "Why are you
crying? It's Thanksgiving Day!"
2. At the end of the shift, the nurse is caring for a client who has experienced stool
incontinence. The nurse frowns when they realize this will delay leaving on time.
3. The nurse is caring for a client who recently experienced the loss of a newborn baby.
The nurse sits at the bedside and holds the client's hand while the client quietly cries.
4. The nurse is caring for an injured client who is far from home with no support system.
The nurse arranges for transportation home and grocery delivery to relieve the client's
anxiety. - ANSWER-1. No
2. No
