Author Question: When comparing social interactions with therapeutic interactions, the nurse understands that ... (Read 122 times)

tingc95 · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

When comparing social interactions with therapeutic interactions, the nurse understands that therapeutic interactions do what?

A) Are personal and intimate
B) Involve doing favors for others
C) Encourage personal goal setting
D) Create constructive dependencies

Question 2

Choose the most therapeutic intervention to the client's statement, All I feel like doing is screaming as loudly as I can.

A) Please calm down; everything is going to be better.
B) There is nothing to be so upset about.
C) I wish you could try to be more positive.
D) You look like you are very angry this morning.

nicoleclaire22 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Therapeutic interactions are designed specifically to encourage the client to engage in personal goal setting. The other options are all inappropriate activities for the nurseclient relationship.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
The correct answer provides reflection of the client's affect (angry). Telling the client to calm down is a platitude, telling the client that there is nothing to be upset about denies the client's feelings, and urging the client to be positive is stated in terms of the nurse's needs and ignores the feelings of the client. Reflection of the client's feelings, mood, and affect is therapeutic in assisting the client to understand himself or herself.