The nurse is educating a 16-year-old girl who has just been diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. Which statement best demonstrates therapeutic communication?
A) Discussing the treatment plan in detail for the next few weeks
B) Using medical terms when describing the disease
C) Assessing the adolescent's emotional status in private
D) Talking about clothing and the stores where she shops
Ans: C
Therapeutic communication is goal directed and purposeful. Assessing the child's emotional status in private is goal directed and purposeful. Talking about clothing and shopping is not therapeutic communication unless its purpose is to find head coverings or wigs to mask hair loss and that information was not presented. Discussing the treatment plan for the next few weeks in detail is too much information for someone who has just been diagnosed. Using medical terms when describing the disease does not promote understanding.
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