While conducting an assessment, the nurse asks the patient to rate her pain, with 1 being no pain and 10 being the worst pain she ever experienced. The nurse is utilizing which therapeutic communication technique?
1. Focusing
2. Encouraging comparison
3. Offering self
4. Accepting
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Rationale 1: Focusing is a technique that helps when a patient moves quickly between topics.
Rationale 2: Encouraging comparison asks the patient to compare similarities and differences in experiences. Having the patient compare this pain to previous pain helps the patient quantify the amount of pain currently being experienced.
Rationale 3: Offering self describes the nurse making him- or herself available to the patient by either sitting or staying with the patient.
Rationale 4: Accepting occurs when the nurse conveys an attitude of reception and regard that is characterized by head nodding and eye contact.
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