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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 All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 | Page | 2 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?" All rights reserved © 2025/ 2026 | Page | 3 -Don't worry; your bills will get paid eventually" -"When was the last time you were admitted for hyperglycemia?" -"You really shouldn't be drinking alcohol because of your Dx of diabetes" Ans: You are worried about paying your bills The wife of a client who has completed alcohol detoxification relates that she is concerned about her husband's behavior if he starts drinking again. She says, "When the drinking starts it really disrupts my family, and I'm not sure how to handle it." What is the best response by the nurse? -"Include your husband in the family's activities even when he's been drinking." -"Attend Al-Anon m

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Therapeutic Communication Questions
and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
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Alternative, complementary, or integrative medicine are all similar in
education, training, and licensure requirements.

Ans: False


Many clients turn to CAM because they believe their PCP is more
interested in providing a "quick fix" for an ailment than in spending
time getting to the root of problems.

Ans: True


Therapeutic touch in the use of treatment of illness is based on the
premise that illness occurs when a person's energy field is out of
balance.

Ans: True


Briefly explain how a health care professional might find themselves in
a codependent relationship with a client

Ans: In a codependent relationship with a client, a health care
professional might find themselves as an understandable ,
patience and encourage person to a client.

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Decodes - Receiver



Encodes - Sender



Verify perceptions - Feedback



Does not include unnecessary information - Conciseness



Content of the communication - Messages



Logical and in order - Cohesiveness



Group of gestures, facial expressions, postures - Clustering



Consistent with one another - Congruency.

Ans:


Alternative health care is usually covered by most insurance plans.



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Ans: False


Naturopathic doctors are currently licensed in all 50 states.

Ans: False


What are some qualities of a health professional who genuinely enjoys
helping people in a therapeutic manner?

Ans: Some qualities that health professional who genuinely
enjoys helping people in a therapeutic manner are to have clear
communication, to accepted social behavior and political
correctness.


Name and define the four selves within us.

Ans: The four selves are Ideal self, public self, real self, and
critic self.


What are genetic factors?

Ans: The genetic factors height, body structure, and skin color.


What types of people serve as role models?



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