A nurse tells a patient, "There you are with varicose veins, sitting with your legs crossed at the knee. How often have we told you not to do that?" This communication demonstrates
a. giving advice.
b. probing.
c. chiding.
d. requesting information.
ANS: C
Chiding is scolding. The intent of the communication is not to give advice but to chastise the patient for noncompliance. Probing is pushing for additional information. The question at the end of the scolding is rhetorical and does not ask for actual information.
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