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A client asks the evening shift nurse,"How do you feel about my refusing to attend group therapy this morning?" The nurse responds,"How did your refusing to attend group make you feel?" This nurse is using which communication technique?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Therapeutic use of"reflection."
A nurse is assessing a 49-year-old homeless male client. The nurse fashions the assessment process based on the understanding that the client would most likely demonstrate which of the following?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Resistance and caution about the interaction
Gladys is seeing a therapist because her husband committed suicide 6 months ago. Gladys tells her therapist, 'I know he was in pain, but why didn't he leave me a note?' The therapist's best response would be:
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: He was not able to think clearly due to his emotional pain.
A patient fearfully runs from chair to chair crying, "They're coming! They're coming!" The patient does not follow the staff's directions or respond to verbal interventions. The initial nursing intervention of highest priority is to
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: provide for the patient's safety.
A client with depression is prescribed fluoxetine. On a return visit to the clinic, the client tells the nurse that he also just started taking St. John's wort to feel better. The nurse assesses the client for which of the following?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Serotonin syndrome
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