Using Hagerty and Patusky's theory of human relatedness (2003), the nurse-patient relationship has been reconceptualized by approaching
a. each patient contact as one step in a lengthy relationship-building process.
b. patients with a sense of the patient's autonomy, choice, and participation.
c. the relationship as one in which the nurse has the power.
d. the nurse-patient contact as an opportunity to streamline caregiving.
ANS: B
A
Each contact should be approached as an opportunity for connection and goal achievement and not a lengthy process.
B
The relationship between the nurse and the patient is on a more equitable basis than the traditional nurse-patient relationship.
C
The relationship should be equitable.
D
The reconceptualization does not streamline caregiving.
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