During an individual therapy session, a nurse is listening to a client describe her addiction to methamphetamine. The client says, I know I'm throwing my life away, but I just can't stop using.
The nurse maintains eye contact and occasionally nods as the client continues to discuss her addiction to drugs. The nurse responds by saying, You're going through a difficult time. The nurse's actions and words are an example of:
A) Empathy
B) Sympathy
C) Apathy
D) Nontherapeutic communication
Question 2
A client states that she is anxious about leaving a group home because she has not worked in many years. Using Beck's cognitive triad, the nurse understands that the client is concerned primarily about what?
A) Threats from the world
B) Threats to her self
C) Threats about her future
D) Threats from her past