A nurse tells the unit supervisor, I'm having a difficult time ...

[sarasara]

A nurse tells the unit supervisor, I'm having a difficult time empathizing with my patient especially since he is so unwilling to change. Talking with him makes me feel both frustrated and depressed..
 
  The supervisor may suspect that the cause of the barrier in this nurse-client relation is the: a. existence of countertransference on the part of the nurse.
  b. patient's demonstration of resistance to the prescribed plan of care.
  c. violation of a therapeutic boundary by either the nurse or the patient.
  d. nurse's ineffective use of therapeutic verbal communication techniques.

Question 2

A single mother has been attending parenting classes with her 9-year-old son. The mother wants the son to begin doing some chores and asks him to clean his room.
 
  When she checks on him, she discovers he has picked up everything on the floor and tossed it onto a chair. The mother has the son look at her neat, tidy room. This is consistent with which technique of behavior modification?
  A) Shaping
  B) Modeling
  C) Contracting
  D) Premack principle

[owenfalvey]

Answer to Question 1

A
Countertransference is a therapeutic impasse created by the nurse's specific emotional response to the qualities of the patient. This response is inappropriate to the content and context of the therapeutic relationship or inappropriate in the degree of intensity of emotion. The remaining options do not relate to inappropriate emotional responses especially by the nurse.

Answer to Question 2

B