The communication technique that is illustrated in "I notice you become uncomfortable when we talk about your wife" is known as
1. offering hope.
2. confrontation.
3. making a suggestion.
4. sharing a perception.
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Therapeutic technique that shares caregiver's perceptions and encourages client's response
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A patient has been diagnosed with anemia. The physician suspects an immune hemolytic anemia and orders a Coombs test. The patient asks the nurse what this test will tell the doctor. The nurse replies,
A) "They will wash your RBCs and then mix the cells with a reagent to see if they clump together." B) "They will look at your RBCs under a microscope to see if they have an irregular shape (poikilocytosis)." C) "They will be looking to see if you have enough ferritin in your blood." D) "They are looking for the presence of antibody or complement on the surface of the RBC."
A client undergoing a course of chemotherapy feels lonely and isolated and tells the nurse he wants to resume some normal activities. The precaution that the nurse should give the client when resuming activities is
a. avoid crowds. b. do not eat outside the home. c. drink only bottled water. d. use only the client's own bathroom.
A client with Bell's palsy tells the nurse that s/he is very depressed about having the disease. The most informative response from the nurse would be
a. "Bell's palsy can be treated successfully with medication." b. "I understand how you feel; it is difficult to live with a chronic disease." c. "Surgery has been very successful in improving the problem." d. "The symptoms are likely to disappear or get better within a few weeks."
You are assigned to work with a client who has psychosis. In your assessment of this client, you would assess for one or more of three phenomena that are characteristic of psychosis
These three phenomena of psychosis include disordered thought and which of the following phenomena? a. delusions and hallucinations b. illusions and confusions c. tangentiality and circumstantiality d. bizarreness and aggression