The nurse arrives to the unit with a headache and is assigned five patients for the night shift. One of her clients, Client A, is having surgery the next day and has a bowel prep ordered for the night shift.
As the nurse and the client come together and discuss the plans for the night, the nurse and the client communicate expectations and ideas for obtaining the goal of readiness for surgery. The prep is delivered, the nurse's headache has subsided, and by 6 a.m. the next morning, both are satisfied that the client has met the physiological and psychological readiness to make the surgery a success. What term best describes this scenario?
A) Mutuality
B) Respect
C) Reciprocity
D) Helper relationship
Question 2
There are several theories that have been developed that outline the stages of a nurse-client relationship. Peplau developed one theory utilizing concepts from psychiatry. What are the phases of Peplau's theory?
A) Trust formation, resistance, working, and termination
B) Preparation, initiation, exploration, and termination
C) Orientation, identification, exploitation, and resolution
D) Original encounter, emerging identities, empathy, sympathy, and rapport
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