You say to your adolescent client, "When you said that you were high, did you mean you had just taken some drugs?" This is an example of which type of therapeutic communication technique?

1. restating
2. reflecting
3. seeking consensual validation
4. focusing


ANS: 3

Nursing

You might also like to view...

Which client does the nurse assess first at the start of the nursing shift?

a. Client wanting to know information about a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test scheduled in 3 hours b. Client who is verbalizing mild discomfort after an electromyography (EMG) c. Client who reports increased pain and swelling after an arthroscopy d. Client who refuses to drink more fluids after a nuclear medicine scan

Nursing

Which of the following clinical manifestations is not expected in a client with an occupational lung disease?

1. Wet-sounding crackles in the lungs 2. Chronic cough 3. Clubbing of the fingers 4. Excess sputum with varying amounts of black fluid

Nursing

An instructor wants to determine whether a group of nursing students understands the process for conducting evidence reports in nursing using a PICO-based approach

Which of the following comments by the students would indicate that learning has occurred? a. Select problem, identify methods for assigning level of evidence, report evidence, reportfindings, make recommendations, give summary b. Select problem, report evidence, identify methods for assigning level of evidence, reportfindings, make recommendations, give summary c. Select problem, report findings, report the evidence, identify methods for assigning levelof evidence, give summary, and make recommendations d. Formulate a well-built question, identify articles and other evidence-based resources that answer the question, critically appraise the evidence to assess its validity, apply the evidence, reevaluate the application of evidence and areas for improvement

Nursing

The laboring patient is having contractions every two to three minutes, lasting 45 to 60 seconds and of strong intensity

The fetal head crowns when the client pushes. The cervix is completely dilated at 10 cm and 100% effaced. In which stage of labor is this patient? A) Transition B) Second C) Third D) Active

Nursing