Author Question: The nurse is working with a client in the dayroom. Which of the following behavioral cues by the ... (Read 59 times)

clippers! · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse is working with a client in the dayroom. Which of the following behavioral cues by the nurse may indicate a countertransference reaction?

1. Annoyance and hostility toward a client
2. Ordinary concern for the client
3. Feeling comfortable after meeting with the client
4. Thinking about the interaction after meeting with a client

Question 2

Teaching clients and family members about the physical cues that indicate increasing anxiety would include information on:

1. Short attention span.
2. Forgetfulness.
3. Urinary retention.
4. Urinary frequency.

srodz · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale: Annoyance and hostility toward a client are signs of countertransference, indicating that the nurse has assigned irrational meaning to the nurseclient relationship that belongs to other past relationships of the nurse. Ordinary concern, feeling comfortable, or mentally reviewing the interaction after meeting with the client are expected behaviors and do not indicate countertransference .

Answer to Question 2

4
Rationale: Urinary frequency is a physical cue, but urinary retention is not. A short attention span and forgetfulness are behavioral cues, not physical cues.