A client visits a health care facility with complaints of work-related stress that alters her mood when she comes home
At the nurse's suggestion, the client states that she is open making changes to her home décor to include vibrant colors and bright lighting, and listen to soothing music when she returns home. Which stress-reducing technique is the nurse following in this case? A) Sensory manipulation technique
B) Alternative thinking technique
C) Nontherapeutic technique
D) Alternative behavior technique
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The nurse is using a sensory manipulation technique. Sensory manipulation involves altering moods, feelings, and physiologic responses by stimulating pleasure centers in the brain using sensory stimuli. For example, certain colors, full-spectrum lighting in the home and workplace, music, and food help change a person's mood. Alternative thinking techniques are those that facilitate a change in a person's perceptions from negative to positive. A behavioral technique for modifying stress is to take control rather than become immobilized by stress. Nontherapeutic techniques would involve using mind- and mood-altering substances, which are not appropriate in this case.
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