A novice nurse is learning about various tools that nurses may use to aid in therapeutic communication in the nurse-patient relationship. What does the nurse recognize as true regarding the concept of process recording?
1. The purpose is to record the nurse-patient interaction and provide a guideline for therapeutic care.
2. The purpose is to allow the patient to actually hear what the nurse stated in the nurse-patient interaction.
3. The purpose is to allow the nurse to actually hear what the patient heard in the nurse-patient interaction.
4. The purpose is to reflect on and evaluate the dynamics of a specific interaction and to provide a sample of interaction for consideration in supervision or consultation with others.
Answer: 4
Explanation: The process recording is a written record, not audio record, of an interaction between two or more individuals. The purpose of the process recording is to reflect on and evaluate the dynamics of a specific interaction and to provide a sample of interaction for consideration in supervision or consultation with others. The process recording does not provide a guideline for therapeutic care.
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