The staff nurse is teaching a group of nurses about strategies that support the nurse's use of self, specifically when caring for a patient who is suffering. What strategy is the primary way in which the nurse provides a response to patient suffering?
1. Presence
2. Empathy
3. Sympathy
4. Mindfulness
Answer: 1
Explanation: The primary way that the nurse provides a response to suffering is by providing presence. The nurse's ability to convey the message of mindful presence, willingness to go where the patient leads (rather than leading), and ability to convey courage may provide the patient with a message that his or her experience of suffering can be safely shared. Mindfulness, empathy, and sympathy are not the primary ways the nurse can provide a response to patient suffering.
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