A nurse engaged in the preinteraction phase of the nurse-patient relationship will:
a. consider what he or she has to offer the patient.
b. form a workable but detailed contract.
c. review the general goals of a therapeutic relationship.
d. plan for the first interaction with the patient.
e. identify existing stressors affecting the relationship.
D
In the preinteraction phase the nurse and the patient have not yet met. The nurse prepares for the initial contact by performing self-assessment, gathering available data about the patient, reviewing the goals of a therapeutic relationship, and considering what he or she has to offer the patient. Contract creation is addressed in the orientation phase while the identification of stress factors occurs in the working phase.
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