The nurse has developed a plan in which nursing interventions are used to reinforce the patient's healthy behaviors. Which statement by the nurse will positively reinforce the pa-tient's efforts regarding the plan?
a. How can a stress reduction plan help you at home?
b. It sounds like you have the incentive to make healthy choices.
c. When you tried to follow the plan, how well did it work for you?
d. It sounds as though making healthy choices is very important to you.
Question 2
A novice nurse asks, What is so wrong about being sympathetic with a patient who has also lost a parent like I did? The psychiatric nurse manager responds:
a. There is a fine line between empathy and sympathy that when crossed makes you less able to be therapeutic.
b. Rather than discussing the loss of your parent with the patient, you can talk to me about it whenever you need to.
c. I'll provide you with some excellent materials that I'm sure will help you to un-derstand why sympathy is less therapeutic.
d. Sympathy indicates that you are sharing your personal feelings and that changes the focus of the communication from the patient to you.
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