Therapeutic communication
The nurse tells the client the truth. What is this characteristic of the nurse called?
1. Respect
2. Empathy
3. Sympathy
4. Genuineness
4.Genuineness is the ability of the nurse to interact with the client by being honest and real. Therefore, if the nurse is telling the truth to the client, it represents genuineness.
Which is a task completed in the preinteraction phase of the client relationship?
Gathering assessment information to build a
strong client database
2. Promoting the client's insight and perception of reality
3. Using the problem-solving model
4. Examining one's own feelings, fears, and anxieties about working with a particular client
4.
the desire to understand and be sensitive to the feelings, beliefs, and situation of another person. Empathy is more than sharing of information. Empathy requires you to be willing to adapt your style, tone, vocabulary, and behavior to create the best approach for each client situation.
A. respect
B. empathy
C. genuineness
D. concreteness
B.Empathy
Adrian, a nurse, reflects on her client's admission information, including physical assessment and related family concerns. She considers all information to reach conclusions.
diagnosis
Avoidabce of harm or hurt. This is an example of what:
A. Autonomy
B. Fidelity
C. Beneficence
D. Justice
E. Non- Maleficence
F. Veracity
E.
The nurse is in the first phase of relationship development with a client who is an alcoholic. What should be the goal of the nurse during this phase?
1. Establishing trust
2. Promoting client change
3. Exploring self-perceptions
4. Ensuring therapeutic closure
3.The first phase is the preinteraction phase, where the nurse prepares for the first encounter with the client. Everyone brings attitudes and feelings from their own experiences to the clinical setting. Therefore, it is necessary to be aware of self-perceptions so as to not let them affect providing care to clients.
The nurse is caring for a client during an anger-management program. Which action represents the working phase of therapeutic relationship management?
1. The nurse preparing a plan for continuing care.
2. The nurse assessing the client's previous medical records.
3. The nurse helping the client practice various adaptive procedures to control anger.
4. The client and nurse setting goals to develop some adaptive ways to handle anger.
3.In the working phase, the therapeutic work of the relationship between the nurse and client is carried out. Therefore, the nurse helping the client practice various adaptive procedures to control anger represents the working phase.
The nurse enters the room of a client who is unresponsive. Which intervention best helps the nurse establish communication during the orientation phase?
A) Ask family members how the client would be prefer to be addressed
B) Address the clients as "Mr." or "Mrs." as this shows respect toward the client
C) Call the client by his or her first and last name
D) Read the medical history to obtain information about how the client is do be addressed
A) Ask family members how the client would be prefer to be addressed
The nurse, Linda, identifies some concerns about her patient's financial situation and ability to pay the hospital bill. She approaches the healthcare provider to request that a social worker meet with the client prior to discharge.
planning outcomes
Agreement to keep promises. This is an description of what:
A. Autonomy
B. Fidelity
C. Beneficence
D. Justice
E. Non- Maleficence
F. Veracity
B.
A client is crying to the nurse because someone made a joke about her being overweight. Which of the nurse's responses is an example of empathy?
1. "I can identify with what you are feeling. I am overweight too."
2. "I get so angry when people are insensitive like that."
3. "You feel angry and embarrassed. It is alright to cry."
4. "It's typical of skinny people to be so rude."
3.Because the nurse identifies the client's feelings and makes it safe for the client to express those feelings, this is an example of empathy.
In a client's health record, the nurse documents, "Nutritional status will improve as evidenced by a weight gain of 3 lb (1.4 kg) by July 1." This statement is an example of which step of the nursing process?
A) Assessment
B) Diagnosis
C) Planning
D) Implementation
C.
Refers to the process of selecting the words, gestures, tone of voice, signs, and symbols used to transmit the message.
encoding
Mr. Thompson had surgery yesterday for a hernia repair. His pain is significant. The nurse delivers an injection of pain medicine 30 minutes before Mr. Thompson needs to ambulate in the hall.
implementation
Taking positive actions to help others. This is a description of what:
A. Autonomy
B. Fidelity
C. Beneficence
D. Justice
E. Non- Maleficence
F. Veracity
c.Beneficence is whats in the best interest of the patient and not ourselves
In a therapeutic relationship empathy is extremely important. Which does the nurse know describes empathy?
1. Sharing the feelings of another person
2. Accurately perceiving and understanding another person's feelings
3. Identifying with what another is feeling
4. Experiencing a need to alleviate another's distress.
2.Empathy involves understanding what another person is feeling while staying emotionally separate.
The care plan for a client includes ambulating for 10 minutes every hour, but the client has been unable to achieve the full amount of time. What is the next step in the nursing process?
A) Assessment
B) Planning
C) Implementation
D) Evaluation
D.
In a therapeutic relationship, you must offer understandable responses to a client's questions and concerns. To do so requires you to express in specific terms what you mean.
Concreteness
Mr. Patel was recently started on a new hypertension medication. During a home visit, the nurse asks what Mr. Patel has eaten in the last 24 hours.
assesment
Principle of truthfulness, cannot lie to patients, have to give them positive and negatives. This is a description of what:
A. Autonomy
B. Fidelity
C. Beneficence
D. Justice
E. Non- Maleficence
F. Veracity
f.
Which gesture exemplifies the "O" in the acronym SOLER for nonverbal behaviors involved in active listening?
1. Sitting in front of the client
2. Lean in toward the client
3. Establish eye contact
4. Client sitting in a chair with arms and legs uncrossed
4.Posture is considered "open" when arms and legs remain uncrossed; observing this is the "O" in SOLER.
Rosalind, a nurse, considers the most recent evidence-based policy on care of the client with pneumonia while identifying patient needs.
planning interventions
The literal dictionary meaning of the word.
Denotation
The nurse is caring for Ms. Lee, a client who does not speak English. The nurse learns from the patient's family that Ms. Lee has specific religious needs that she cannot address because of the hospital routine. Adjustments are made in the plan of care based on this information
evaluation
Commitment to include patients in decisions about all aspects of care as a way of acknowledging and protecting patients' independence. Is an example of what:
A. Autonomy
B. Fidelity
C. Beneficence
D. Justice
E. Non- Maleficence
F Veracity
A.