A young woman comes to the Public Health Clinic for an M antibiotic for an STI. She is accompanied by her live-in boyfriend. The most therapeutic remark the nurse should make to the young man is:
1. "Her infection is very contagious. Would you like me to give you the name of a place where you can be screened for the infection and given the means for a cure?"
2. "You probably have the same sexual infection too. You need to see about it be-fore you give it back to her or somebody else."
3. "You may have the same infection. Have you been with any other females lately? The Health Department needs to make a list."
4. "This is the third time that your friend has been in here with the same infection! Why don't you get some shots yourself?"
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Therapeutic communication carefully chooses descriptive words that are nonjudgmental and are fitting to the sociocultural background of the patient.
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