The novice nurse understands that the nurse with the greatest ability to directly impact the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship is in which position?
1. Charge nurse
2. Nurse manager
3. Frontline nurse
4. Director of nursing
Answer: 3
Explanation: Nurses in positions of both formal and informal power have a great deal of impact on how the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship develops. However, it is nurses on the front line whose psychological empowerment and innovative practice behaviors will have the most impact on patients at the point of service.
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