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In the working stage of the nurse-client relationship, the nurse tells a client, I have a list of shel-ters for battered women and their children for you, so you can consider which one you might use in a crisis. This technique can be identified as:
 
  1. Stating observations
  2. Encouraging comparisons
  3. Providing information
  4. Setting limits

Question 2

A client confides to the nurse, My doctor seems incompetent. He doesn't seem to know what he is doing. The nurse knows the doctor is new and learning. She says, Your doctor is a good doctor. Give him a chance. This is an example of:
 
  1. Ineffective responsedefending
  2. Ineffective responseexcessive probing
  3. Therapeutic communicationprovid ing information
  4. Therapeutic communicationencour aging comparisons



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 3
The nurse is providing information by giving the client a list. Providing information offers data that will help the client in setting goals and developing a plan of action. No other techniques are described in the scenario.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 1
The nurse is defending the physician, which blocks further communication. Option 2: Excessive probing usually uses why in a question. Options 3 and 4: The nurse is not providing new in-formation or encouraging comparisons.



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