A nurse therapist recently began meeting with a client in an effort to address some of the client's symptom-management strategies. Which of the following actions by the nurse or client represents the working phase of the therapeutic relationship?
A) Setting goals
B) Communicating interest in the client
C) Identifying past ineffective behaviors
D) Reviewing work that has been done
Ans: C
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In the working phase of the relationship, the client is involved actively in achieving goals set during the initial phase. The tasks of the working phase of the therapeutic relationship include identifying past behaviors that have been ineffective for coping with the focal problem; developing a plan of action, practicing implementing it, and evaluating its effectiveness; integrating a new self-concept, worldview, or attitude toward one's illness as a result of changes in behavior and circumstances; and increasing hopefulness for the future and ability to function independently.
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