To listen therapeutically to the patient, the nurse should try to:
1. concentrate on the patient and not think of responses to the patient while he or she is speaking.
2. determine the cause of the patient's problem while the patient is speaking.
3. ask the patient why he thinks he feels that way.
4. tell the patient that you have had similar experiences.
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To listen therapeutically, the nurse needs to concentrate on the patient and refrain from making up responses to the patient while he is speaking. The test taker will need to deter-mine which of the responses represents a therapeutic relationship.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 1246
OBJ: 1 TOP: Establishing Therapeutic Relationships
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Implementation
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity
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