Therapeutic techniques that the nurse can use to deal with both transference and resistance in-clude:
1. Listening to and clarifying a client's highly charged responses
2. Setting limits on what the client is able to verbalize
3. Allowing the transference and resistance to remain in place
4. Terminating with the client because the client is unwilling to work
ANS: 1
The nurse must truly listen and then use the techniques of clarifying, reflecting, and validating to begin the problem-solving process. 2. If limits are imposed, the client will not feel understood and valued. 3. This provides no assistance to change and grow. 4. This is counterproductive.
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